Day 234: Tropical Cyclone Danielle
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has been tracking an area of showers and thunderstorms in the eastern north Atlantic Ocean the past few days for possible signs of tropical cyclone development. Yesterday, the NHC classified this area of convection as Tropical Depression #6. Today, the NHC updated Tropical Depression #6 to Tropical Storm Danielle.
Above is the forecast track of Danielle. It is expected to remain at sea, well away from land. This is due in large part to a large trough forecast to develop across the central north Atlantic Ocean. This trough will increase the southwesterly winds ahead of Danielle and help “curve” Danielle away from any land. Should this trough fail to materialize as expected, Bermuda would currently have the greatest chance at experiencing direct impacts of Danielle. (However, a lot can change over the next 5 days.)
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. student 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 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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