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Message 9f60e9e9-b1c7-4e26-b9d4-e757da79fef3 from ABMS_Met_Office sent at 18:49:58 on 2020-07-26
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT - TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL92
Effective
18:49:58 2020-07-26
Expires
17:49:58 2020-07-27
Description
THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES IS CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL92.
THE SYSTEM POSES LITTLE THREAT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN FIVE DAYS WHILE HEADING TOWARD THE CARIBBEAN. EARLY TRACK FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT, IF A CYCLONE DOES DEVELOP FROM AL92; THUS, THE THREAT LEVEL IS LIKELY TO RISE, IN THE COMING DAYS. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TALK SPECIFICS; HOWEVER, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTS. NOTWITHSTANDING, THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE PREPARATIONS NEEDED; RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SYSTEM CLOSELY.
AT 8 AM LST, TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL92 WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1770 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS MOVING WEST AT THE RAPID PACE OF AROUND 20 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE LESS THAN 35 MPH. RECALL THAN IT IS NOT YET A TROPICAL CYCLONE, THAT IS, NOT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE.
IF IT DEVELOPS, THE INITIAL FORECAST IS FOR IT TO BE IN THE AREA AROUND THURSDAY, AS A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ALERTS, WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT; HOWEVER, AN ALERT MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
Instructions
RESIDENTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL92 AND HAVE THEIR HURRICANE PLANS COMPLETED, AS THE PEAK MONTHS OF THE HURRICANE SEASON DRAW NEAR.
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ABMS Met Office at 462-3017, if conformation of this message is needed.
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Rescue
Safety
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Met
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Antigua
Barbuda
Urgency / Severity / Certainty
Future / Minor / Possible
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Dale Destin
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