Friday, May 29, 2009

Close...But Not Ana

Tropical Depression One continues to track East-Northeast at 15 mph through the Atlantic about 500 miles Northeast of Virginia Beach, or about 260 miles Southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Maximum sustained winds are still at 35 mph, which is not quite to Tropical Storm strength. If TD One could have reached 39 mph sustained winds, it would have been dubbed the first named storm of the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Tropical Storm Ana. It is close, but probably not going to happen today as the storm moves into the colder waters of the North Atlantic. The low pressure system will lose its tropical characteristics as it accelerates further into the North Atlantic, not threatening land. For the latest on TD One, click here.

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