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New Tropical Storm Forms In Active Atlantic: Here's Where Katia's Headed New Tropical Storm Forms In Active Atlantic: Here's Where Katia's Headed
New Tropical Storm Forms In Active Atlantic: Here's Where Katia's Headed A brand-new tropical storm has formed amid a flurry of activity in the Atlantic basin. As of 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, the center of Tropical Storm Katia was in the eastern Atlantic, moving toward the northwest at around 9 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds are around 40 miles per hour with higher gusts.  According to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty, Katia is not likely to affect land as a northerly trajectory is likely over the west-central Atlantic. Two other systems -- Franklin and Jose -- dissipated ac…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Tropical Storm Forms In Atlantic With 2 Other Areas Being Monitored New Tropical Storm Forms In Atlantic With 2 Other Areas Being Monitored
New Tropical Storm Forms In Atlantic With 2 Other Areas Being Monitored As two powerful systems -- Idalia and Franklin -- trek north, a new tropical storm has just formed in the Atlantic.Depression  8 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Jose just before daybreak on Thursday, Aug. 31 and the National Hurricane Center is monitoring two other disturbances. Jose is about 775 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. It's shown in red in the center of the image above with the two other disturbances marked with Xs.  With maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, Jose is moving north at 5 mph. The disturbance located just west of Cape Verde has the bes…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Potential Tropical Systems Brewing In Atlantic Basin: Here's Latest Potential Tropical Systems Brewing In Atlantic Basin: Here's Latest
Potential Tropical Systems Brewing In Atlantic Basin: Here's Latest Forecasters are monitoring two areas for potential tropical development in the Atlantic. The next tropical storms that develop in the Atlantic basin will take the names Emily and Franklin, in that order. In the Central Tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.  "Development, if any, of this system should be slow to occur while it moves westward to west-northward at about 15 mph across the tropical Atlantic through the end of the week," the  National Hurricane Center said.&nb…

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by Joe Lombardi