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Written by Reed Timmer   
Sunday, 16 August 2009 16:26
claudette_sat2Tropical Storm Claudette has intensified slowly throughout the day today, with the 5:00 pm EDT advisory indicating maximum sustained winds of 45 knots.  A weak shortwave trough has no passed through the Southeast U.S., allowing for the upper-level wind shear near Claudette to decrease substantially.  In response to this more ideal environment for strengthening, a small area of convection has intensified near the center this afternoon.  As the kinematic conditions become increasingly favorable, strengthening is anticipated over the claudette3next 8-12 hours prior to landfall tonight on the Florida Panhandle.  As the tropical cyclone has intensified, the eastern feeder band over the northeast Gulf of Mexico and Florida Peninsula has also become more robust, with occasional rotating storms in the Tampa area.  The threat for tornadoes will likely increase overnight as Claudette makes landfall, with the eastern FL Panhandle and western FL peninsula having the biggest threat through evening.
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-1 #1 JC Surfs 2009-08-16 16:16
Tropical Storm Claudette drenched the Florida panhandle but spared the U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil patch on Sunday while two other cyclones, Ana and Bill, raced through the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean islands.

The six-month Atlantic hurricane season got off to a slow start with no storms in the first 2-1/2 months but exploded this weekend as three formed in just over a day. INSANITY !! The Pacific has been going off as the current count of 10 thus far this season. Most have not been a landfall threat with the exception of Typhoon Morakot.

TS Bill seems to have some punch and will be a possible threat in the coming days.
It is time to see the friends in North Carolina... It appears the ocean is going to be active for us surf enthusiasts.
 
 
+1 #2 jaxND 2009-08-16 21:29
Bill is a cane!
 
 
0 #3 Jim Walker 2009-08-17 05:27
Claudette Made Landfall 50 miles south of me on Santarosa Island just east of Ft. Walton Beach at 12:10am. I confirmed with a friend in Sandestin about an hour ago on 2 meters that the winds were steady S 35 with gusts to 50 according to his WX station at midnight.
 

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