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There are no tropical cyclones at this time.

No tropical cyclones as of Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:23 GMT

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABNT20 KNHC 310536

TWOAT 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

200 AM EDT SAT JUL 31 2010



FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...



A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL

CARIBBEAN SEA CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND A FEW

THUNDERSTORMS. LITTLE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED

UNTIL IT REACHES THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 

THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A

TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT

ABOUT 15 MPH.



A LARGE AREA OF DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE

EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE NEAR THE

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND A SMALL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT

750 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. DEVELOPMENT OF

EITHER SYSTEM...IF ANY...SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR...AND THERE IS A

LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IN THIS

AREA DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.



ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE

NEXT 48 HOURS.



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FORECASTER CANGIALOSI

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Do you remember Katrina? Folks in the gulf area certainly do! On Sunday, August 28th 2005, at 11:10 CDT, the New Orleans office of the NWS issued an alert for the gulf area. The text is listed below. Would this urgent alert have caused you to take action at any cost? This warning was published widely in the media.
listen to the audio parody at the end of the alert

NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED
STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE!