Tropical Cyclone 04L is located about 690 miles east of the Lesser Antilles
PDC Disaster Alert, displaying PDC Active Hazards, 1-day precipitation accumulations, and Tropical Cyclone segments, positions, for Tropical Cyclone 04L
Tropical Cyclone 04L is a weak system…continuing to stay away from land areas
Here’s the latest NOAA satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing
Looping satellite image of this weak tropical cyclone
Here’s a near real-time wind profile of TD 04L
The NHC Advisory #7 shows that TC 04L had sustained 25 knot winds…with 35 mph gusts
Thunderstorms with rain and gusty winds will likely move north of the Leeward Islands and some Caribbean Islands during the weekend. There likely won’t be any direct threat to land areas however…although the southern edge of this TC may bring some showers to the area.
This tropical cyclone may hold together long enough to bring the Bahamas, Cuba and the Florida Peninsula some remnant showers and thunderstorms next week.
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the depression consists of a possible circulation center, embedded within a very small area of intermittent convection. The areal coverage of the convection has been gradually decreasing since yesterday, and the cloud pattern is not showing much organization at this time.
The NHC is keeping an initial intensity of 25 knots, and these winds are only occurring in a few remaining squalls.
Although the shear is currently low, the depression is moving into a relatively low moisture environment, and this factor in combination with the fast motion of the cyclone will probably result in weakening.
The depression is forecast to become a remnant low or degenerate into a open wave tonight. The depression or its remnants will continue to move toward the west-northwest at about 18 knots, embedded within the strong July trade winds. This is the solution of the few models which maintain a distinct perturbation in the flow for a few more days.
Atlantic Ocean
Tropical Cyclone 04L
NHC textual forecast advisory
NHC graphical track map
NOAA satellite image
NOAA satellite image of the Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
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NOAA satellite image of the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
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