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struggle4progress

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Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:18 PM Aug 2016

Gaston Gains Strength

By Sherri Lonon (Patch Staff) - August 27, 2016 2:23 pm ET

... As of Saturday at 11 a.m., Tropical Storm Gaston was located about 643 nautical miles east-southeast of Bermuda. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and was headed on a northwest track at 10 mph.

Forecasters anticipate Gaston will reclaim hurricane status sometime on Sunday or Monday. On its current path, Gaston is expected to pass to the east of Bermuda early next week.

The disturbance most likely to have an impact on Florida was located between the northern coast of Cuba and Andros Island as of Saturday afternoon. The weak area of low pressure has showers associated with it, but remained disorganized, forecasters wrote in Saturday morning's Tropical Weather Outlook report ...


http://patch.com/florida/sarasota/tropical-storm-gaston-holds-steady-3-disturbances-under-watch

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Gaston Gains Strength (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2016 OP
Gaston's only a problem for shipping Warpy Aug 2016 #1

Warpy

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1. Gaston's only a problem for shipping
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:42 PM
Aug 2016

but Madeline is heading right for Hawaii.

Cold water will turn her into a tropical storm by the time she gets there, but she'll be a strong one.

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