Tropical storm Nadine moves away from Canary Islands

Update 21/09/2012 – Canarian Government places islands on ‘pre-alert’ for high winds, rain and adverse weather conditions due ot the proximity of the tropical storm ‘Nadine’

The tropical storm “Nadine”, which is currently making its way through the middle of the Atlantic with reaching winds of up to 95 kilometers per hour, will be affecting the coasts of the Canary Islands in the next 48 hours, although the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has said that the storm is not close enough to trigger any alerts in the Islands. AEMETs Prediction and Monitoring in the Canaries said today that the storm will cause swells in La Palma and La Gomera from this Friday (21st September) which will also affect the west coast of the eastern islands.

The effects of the storm in the Canaries will result in waves and strong winds above 3,000 meters. This storm, the fourteenth tropical storm of the hurricane season in the Atlantic is moving north-east at a speed of 13 kilometres per hour and is expected to maintain this path today to then turn north-northeast and affect areas of the Azores within the next 24 hours.

Hurricane “Nadine” was downgraded to a tropical storm on Monday and is expected to experience little change in intensity in the next 24 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its bulletin released yesterday. So far in the Atlantic this season, which began on 1st June and runs until 30th November 30, there have been fourteen tropical storms, of which eight were then reduced to hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted an active season, with the formation of 12 to 17 tropical storms, of which between 5 and 8 could become hurricanes. Of these, 2 or 3 could reach Category 3, 4 and 5, which is the highest on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale.

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