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SATURDAY 9/6/2008 6:00PM
Josephine no longer a Tropical Depression

WINK NEWS - Tropical Depression Josephine is gone. The National Hurricane Center says the storm succumbed to vertical shear coupled with marginal sea surface temperatures. The storm has only a couple of thunderstorms flaring up in the northern semi-circle.

With all that, the N.H.C. says the system no longer can be considered a tropical cyclone.

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SATURDAY 9/6/2008 10:00AM
Josephine weakens to a Tropical Depression
From the National Hurricane Center

MIAMI, Fla. - The National Hurricane Center says Josephine has finally succumbed to the effects of the substantial southerly vertical wind shear.

The system no longer can be considered a tropical cyclone, and has been weakened to a Tropical Depression.

Josephine should continue moving toward the west-northwest at a slightly faster forward speed as it advects along in the lower tropospheric flow.

With the strong shear expected to continue during the next two days because of an upper closed low northwest of Josephine, regeneration of the system back into a tropical cyclone is not likely.

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FRIDAY 9/5/2008 11:00 AM
Tropical Storm Josephine
Information from the National Hurricane Center

Strong southerly vertical wind shear is taking its toll on Josephine this morning. The low-level center became evident on visible imagery near the south edge of a blow-up of deep convection around 1000z. Since then, the center has become much farther separated and the deep convection has decreased significantly.

Josephine is expected to remain in a hostile environment during the next couple of days as an upper low west of this system moves in tandem with Josephine. Beyond that time, the atmospheric environment improves and if there is anything left of Josephine it will have a chance to re-strengthen. The intensity forecast is lowered from the previous one and is in closest agreement with the ships model.

Josephine has been generally moving toward the northwest into a weakness within the subtropical ridge.

Josephine is expected to move west-northwest to northwest over the next several days steered by a building low to mid-level ridge to its north. The official forecast is nudged southward due to the initial motion and toward the model consensus.

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THURSDAY 9/04/2008 11:00 AM
NASSAU, Bahamas - Tropical Storm Josephine has maximum sustained winds near 50 mph (85 kph) and is moving toward the west-northwest near 10 mph (17 kph).

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WEDNESDAY 9/3/2008 5:00 AM
Information from The National Hurricane Center
Josephine is a little stronger Wednesday morning. At 5:00 am the center of Tropical Storm Josephine was located near latitude 13.7 north...longitude 27.5 west or about 220 miles...355 KM...west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.

Josephine is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 MPH...20 KM/HR ...and this general motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days.

Maximum sustained winds are near 60 MPH...95 KM/HR... with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours.

Tropical Storm force winds extend outward up to 90 MILES...150 KM from the center.

Estimated minimum central pressure is 1000 MB...29.53 inches.

Rainfall should diminish later this morning as Josephine moves away from the southern Cape Verde islands.

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TUESDAY 9/2/2008
Josephine forms as newest tropical storm
MIAMI (AP) - A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Atlantic to make a total of four named storms currently at large.

The National Hurricane Center says Josephine is the 10th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Josephine has top sustained winds near 40 mph and is moving west at 15 mph. It could be near hurricane strength on Wednesday or Thursday.


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