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Cristobal

Every dispatch filed on Cristobal, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.

11Dispatches
8Days · JUN 2–JUN 9
I-26Tropics
Where the dispatches were filed9 of 11 placed
Map of North America and the Atlantic with a shield at each dispatch's place Natural Earth · places from the headlines
The route · every exit
  1. Exit 1 · JUN 2 Tropical Storm Cristobal expected soon but questions remain about the medium-range forecast
  2. Exit 2 · JUN 2 The 3rd named storm of the hurricane season has been named in the southern Gulf of… Gulf of Mexico
  3. Exit 3 · JUN 2 The eventual track sees Cristobal moving north into the central Gulf… Mexico
  4. Exit 4 · JUN 2 The storm currently has winds of 45-knots
  5. Exit 5 · JUN 3 The length of time over land will determine severity of weekend Gulf coast impacts Mexico
  6. Exit 6 · JUN 3 Cristobal slowly moving inland over Mexico but will reemerge over Gulf of Mexico by late Friday Mexico
  7. Exit 7 · JUN 4 Storm will restrengthen a little and become a very large rainmaker for Gulf Coast into Mississippi River valley Gulf of Mexico
  8. Exit 8 · JUN 6 Poorly organized Tropical Storm Cristobal moving north toward U.S. Gulf Coast with landfall expected late Sunday in Louisiana Louisiana
  9. Exit 9 · JUN 7 Large but poorly organized storm nearing landfall in Louisiana Louisiana
  10. Exit 10 · JUN 8 Heavy rainfall and some gusty winds will accompany Depression into the Great Lakes Mississippi
  11. Exit 11 · JUN 9 The storm has weakened to a depression but continues to be a major rainmaker Midwest
END Final dispatch JUN 9.

Why I-26?

Tropical stories ride Interstate 26, after the 26 °C sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development.

26 °C

The sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development; the shield number of this road.

Invest

An area the Hurricane Center is investigating, numbered 90–99 with a basin letter, before it has a name.

ACE

Accumulated Cyclone Energy: a season's wind, squared and summed every six hours. Climatology sets the scale.