TAMPA/PORT MANATEE – CONDITION X-RAY, NO INCOMING VESSELS WITHOUT USCG PERMISSION

PORT CANAVERAL/JACKSONVILLE – CONDITION WHISKEY – VESSEL’S MUST BE PREPARED TO DEPART PORT – TROPICAL FORCE WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 48 HOURS

MIA/PORT EVERGLADES/SAVANNAH/CHARLESTON/WILMINGTON – SEASONAL 4

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Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine Intermediate Advisory Number 4A

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL092024

800 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024

 

...HURRICANE AND STORM SURGE WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA GULF COAST......HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING THE DISTURBANCE...

 

SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...19.2N 83.5W

ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM W OF GRAND CAYMAN

ABOUT 205 MI...335 KM SSE OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES

 

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

 

None.

 

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

 

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...

* Indian Pass southward to Flamingo

* Tampa Bay

* Charlotte Harbor

 

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...

* Cabo Catoche to Tulum, Mexico

* Cuban province of Pinar del Rio

* Englewood to Indian Pass

* Tampa Bay

 

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

* Grand Cayman

* Rio Lagartos to Tulum, Mexico

* Cuban provinces of Artemisa, Pinar del Rio, and the Isle of Youth

 

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...

* Dry Tortugas

* Lower Florida Keys west of the Seven Mile Bridge

* Flamingo to south of Englewood

* West of Indian Pass to Walton Bay County line

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1. Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic:  Shower and thunderstorm activity continues to show signs of organization in association with a tropical wave located near the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form in a few days while it moves westward to west-northwestward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.