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Josephine
Every dispatch filed on Josephine, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.
4Dispatches
8Days · OCT 14–OCT 21
I-26Tropics
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OCT 14 · I-26 TROPICS Strong cold front this weekend brings chilly air to eastern US and lead to development of subtropical storm off East Coast next week
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OCT 18 · I-26 TROPICS Subtropical storm forming off East Coast but otherwise a beautiful week ahead
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OCT 20 · I-26 TROPICS Invest 93L off East Coast may transition into Josephine by Wednesday
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OCT 21 · I-26 TROPICS Subtropical Storm Josephine will spin away from the East Coast and become extratropical
The route · every exit
- Exit 1 · OCT 14 Strong cold front this weekend brings chilly air to eastern US and lead to development of subtropical storm off East Coast next week
- Exit 2 · OCT 18 Subtropical storm forming off East Coast but otherwise a beautiful week ahead
- Exit 3 · OCT 20 Invest 93L off East Coast may transition into Josephine by Wednesday
- Exit 4 · OCT 21 Subtropical Storm Josephine will spin away from the East Coast and become extratropical
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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.