The Atlantic hurricane season has been extremely quiet to date, but it has been a bit more active in the Eastern Pacific. Tropical Storm Enrique and Hurricane Felicia are both spinning in open waters at this time. I share this with you primarily because the headline caught my attention... something about the phrase "Tenacious Enrique refuses to weaken" made me chuckle.
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ENRIQUE ADVISORY NUMBER 11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP072009
200 AM PDT THU AUG 06 2009
...TENACIOUS ENRIQUE REFUSES TO WEAKEN...
AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ENRIQUE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 125.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1035 MILES...1670 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
ENRIQUE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS
MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL DISSIPATION.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ENRIQUE IS ALREADY OVER COOL WATERS AND IS FORECAST TO
WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
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