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Debby
Every dispatch filed on Debby, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.
5Dispatches
5Days · AUG 2–AUG 6
I-26Tropics
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AUG 3 · I-26 TROPICS Debby forecast to intensify into a hurricane before landfall in Florida
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AUG 4 · I-26 TROPICS Forecast to become a strong Category 1 hurricane prior to Florida landfall
FIGURE 1
AUG 5 · I-26 TROPICS Boatloads of rainfall all week for the Southeast US from meandering Debby
The route · every exit
- Exit 1 · AUG 2 · Subscribers NHC starts advisories on system expected to become Tropical Storm Debby this weekend in Gulf of Mexico
- Exit 2 · AUG 3 Debby forecast to intensify into a hurricane before landfall in Florida
- Exit 3 · AUG 4 Forecast to become a strong Category 1 hurricane prior to Florida landfall
- Exit 4 · AUG 5 Boatloads of rainfall all week for the Southeast US from meandering Debby
- Exit 5 · AUG 6 · Subscribers Debby drenching the Carolinas
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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.