UPDATE: Tropical Storm Igor's Progress in the Atlantic

John Ghiorse, GoLocalProv Meteorologist

UPDATE: Tropical Storm Igor's Progress in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Igor is still not very well organized and is not moving very much. The storm is well over 3,000 miles from any point along the U.S. East Coast.

Here’s this morning’s official advisory.
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IGOR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 24.3 WEST. IGOR HAS
BEEN MEANDERING JUST SOUTH OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS BUT IT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TODAY BUT
SOME STRENGTHENING SHOULD BEGIN ON FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WINDS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO END LATER
TODAY.

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