موسم اعاصير 2010

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جوليا يصبح الاعصار الخامس هذه السنة في شمال الأتلانتيك


والوحش أيغور يبلغ الآن عتبة الدرجة الخامسة
والمنخفض الداري 92
لا يزال قويا ولكن حتى اللحظة لم يتحول لعاصفة

الضغط الآن في المركز
935 mb.

Hurricane Igor, churning over the very warm waters of the central Atlantic, remains a major, Category 4 hurricane. Current forecasts have it becoming a top-of-the scale Category 5 storm later today or early Tuesday as it turns to the northwest away from the Antilles.


As of 5 a.m. EDT, Hurricane Igor was located near 17.7 N, 48.8 W, or about 940 miles east of the Leeward Islands. This places it about 2,100 miles east-southeast of Miami. Maximum sustained winds remain at 150 mph, making Igor a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Igor is moving to the west at 13 mph and its minimum central pressure is 27.61 inches or 935 mb.


WeatherBug Meteorologist John Bateman has the latest on Igor in this exclusive WeatherBug Tropical Outlook Video.


Igor will continue moving westward today before turning to the northwest Tuesday, and will continue to feed off warm Atlantic waters. Along with little shear along its path, Hurricane Igor will continue to strengthen and could reach top-of-the-scale Category 5 hurricane later today.


Despite the rapid strengthening, Igor will remain at sea through at least this weekend, when it could threaten Bermuda. From there, the forecast models disagree on where it will go, with several of them directing the storm northward off the East Coast. Interests in the Caribbean, Bermuda and the East Coast should keep a close watch on the system as it gets closer to land by the middle and latter part of next week.


Elsewhere in the tropics, Tropical Depression 12 has become Tropical Storm Julia south of the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa. It is not expected to threaten any other bodies of land. Another strong tropical wave is also pushing through the eastern Caribbean, bringing rain to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Click here for the latest information on Tropical Storm Julia.