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Dolly

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

2Dispatches
3Days · AUG 27–AUG 29
I-26Tropics
Where the dispatches were filed2 of 2 placed
Map of North America and the Atlantic with a shield at each dispatch's place Natural Earth · places from the headlines
Tropical Storm Dolly holding on in the central Atlantic while the Eastern Pacific at full tilt with two more storms FIGURE 1 AUG 27 · I-26 TROPICS Tropical Storm Dolly holding on in the central Atlantic while the Eastern Pacific at full tilt with two more storms Remnants of Dolly affected by strong wind shear. 97L in the Gulf mainly a rainmaker. The Eastern Pacific continues very busy FIGURE 1 AUG 29 · I-26 TROPICS Remnants of Dolly affected by strong wind shear. 97L in the Gulf mainly a rainmaker. The Eastern Pacific continues very busy
The route · every exit
  1. Exit 1 · AUG 27 Tropical Storm Dolly holding on in the central Atlantic while the Eastern Pacific at full tilt with two more storms Atlantic Main Development Region
  2. Exit 2 · AUG 29 Remnants of Dolly affected by strong wind shear. 97L in the Gulf mainly a rainmaker. The Eastern Pacific continues very busy Gulf of Mexico
END Final dispatch AUG 29.

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.