Day 176: Potential Alex Track
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has classified the tropical wave discussed in Day 172 and Day 175 has now been classified as a tropical depression, the first of the Atlantic Hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 30 knots. It is forecast to become Tropical Storm Alex, with maximum sustained winds of 40 knots, by tomorrow afternoon. All interests in the Gulf of Mexico should continue to monitor subsequent forecasts. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about this in the coming days.
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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