{"id":50043,"date":"2021-08-12T00:50:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T04:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=50043"},"modified":"2021-08-12T00:51:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T04:51:50","slug":"tropical-depression-fred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/08\/tropical-depression-fred\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Depression Fred"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tropical Depression Fred Advisory Number  10\nNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL062021\n1100 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021\n\n...FRED PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ACROSS\nPORTIONS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...\n\n\nSUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION\n-----------------------------------------------\nLOCATION...19.5N 72.2W\nABOUT 20 MI...35 KM S OF CAP HAITIEN HAITI\nABOUT 130 MI...205 KM SSE OF GREAT INAGUA ISLAND\nMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM\/H\nPRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM\/H\nMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES\n\n\nWATCHES AND WARNINGS\n--------------------\nCHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:\n\nThe government of the Dominican Republic has discontinued the\nTropical Storm Warning for all of the Dominican Republic.\n\nSUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...\n* Haiti from the northern border with the Dominican Republic to\nGonaives\n* Turks and Caicos Islands\n* Southeastern Bahamas\n* The Cuban provinces of Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Las Tunas,\nHolguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantanamo\n\nA Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are\npossible within the watch area.\n\nInterests elsewhere in Haiti, the Bahamas, Cuba, and the southern\nFlorida Peninsula and the Florida keys should monitor the progress\nof Fred.\n\nFor storm information specific to your area, please monitor\nproducts issued by your national meteorological service.\n\n\nDISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK\n----------------------\nAt 1100 PM EDT (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Fred\nwas located near latitude 19.5 North, longitude 72.2 West. The\ndepression is moving toward the west-northwest near 15 mph (24 km\/h)\nand a general west-northwestward motion with a decrease in forward\nspeed is expected for the next several days.  On the forecast track,\nthe center of Fred is expected to be over northern Haiti overnight,\nmove near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas\non Thursday, and move near or north of the northern coast of central\nCuba Thursday night and Friday.\n\nDropsonde data from a NOAA reconnaissance aircraft indicate that\nmaximum sustained winds remain near 35 mph (55 km\/h) with higher\ngusts. Little, if any change, in strength is expected overnight.\nSlow re-intensification is forecast to begin by Thursday night.\n\nThe estimated minimum central pressure is 1009 mb (29.80 inches).\n\n\nHAZARDS AFFECTING LAND\n----------------------\nKey messages for Fred can be found in the Tropical Cyclone\nDiscussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT1, WMO header WTNT41 KNHC and\non the web at www.hurricanes.gov\/graphics_at1.shtml?key_messages<\/a>.\n\nRAINFALL: Tropical Depression Fred is expected to produce the\nfollowing rainfall amounts:\n\nAcross the Dominican Republic...3 to 5 inches, with isolated maximum\ntotals of 8 inches. Heavy rainfall through Thursday morning could\nlead to flash, urban, and small stream flooding, along with possible\nrapid river rises and the potential for mudslides.\n\nOver Haiti, the Turks and Caicos, the eastern Bahamas, and Cuba...1\nto 3 inches with isolated maximum totals of 5 inches.\n\nAcross the western Bahamas...3 to 5 inches, with isolated maximum\ntotals of 8 inches.\n\nBeginning Friday into next week, heavy rainfall associated with Fred\nwill impact Florida and parts of the Southeast. Through Monday, 3 to\n5 inches of rain is anticipated across the Keys and the southern\nFlorida Peninsula, with isolated maximum totals of 8 inches. Heavy\nrainfall could lead to areal, urban, and small stream flooding,\nalong with possible rapid river rises.\n\nWIND:  Tropical storm conditions could occur in brief squalls over\nportions of the northwestern coast of the Dominican Republic for a\nfew more hours.  Tropical storm conditions, mainly in brief\nsqualls, will also be possible along the northern coast of Haiti,\nthe Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas beginning\ntonight. Tropical storm conditions are possible in Cuba beginning\nThursday.\n\nSURF:  Swells generated by Fred are expected to continue across the\nU.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola tonight, where they\ncould cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.\nPlease consult products from your local weather office.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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