Tropical Storm Debby is in the eastern Atlantic and doesn’t pose a direct threat to the United States. Maximum sustained winds are around 50 mph and she’s moving west-northwest at 17 mph. Here’s the latest visible satellite image and here’s Debby’s predicted five day path. You probably won’t hear too much about Debby on the blog over the next few days, unless there are changes in her forecast track or intensity.









Justin - do hurricanes born off the cost of Africa ever continue east and hit either the African east cost or the shores of Europe?
First, I like your name. Second, the action that comes off the African coast usually moves west due to the large Bermuda high that sets up shop in the central Atlantic much of the summer. Europe is more or less out of the hurricane mix because the water up there is too cold. Every once in a great while, activity that moves along our East Coast can circle into the north Atlantic and its remants can head toward Europe, but the cold water I mentioned precludes hurricanes from holding together. The lower east coast of Africa (the vicinity around the island of Madagascar) can see tropical activity moving from the east (the Indian Ocean). Here’s a very cool image detailing all tropical activity since 1985. You can get a real good feel for where tropical action is and isn’t possible by checking it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Global_tropical_cyclone_tracks-edit2.jpg#file