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Tropical Storm Isaac heads toward New Orleans

Posted on 28 August, 2012 by

At 1500 UK time on Tuesday 28 August, Tropical Storm Isaac was located about 150 km southeast of the Louisiana coast and heading northwest at about 15 km per hour.  Mean wind speeds of 70 mph at the surface  have been … Continue reading →

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Tropical Strom Isaac likely to make landfall as Cat 2 Hurricane

Posted on 27 August, 2012 by

Tropical Strom Isaac was located about 120km WSW of Key West at 4am (UK time) on Monday 27 August, and continues to move west north west. Mean wind speeds of 65 mph have been observed by the United States National Hurricane Center aircraft. … Continue reading →

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Stormy days ahead in the Tropics

Posted on 23 August, 2012 by

Whilst in the UK attention is focused on the weather for the coming Bank Holiday weekend, in the tropics it looks set to be a stormy few days ahead. Typhoon Tembin  has winds of over 100 mph and is set to make landfall … Continue reading →

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