The Picayune Item
PICAYUNE — TROPICAL WEATHER — Tropical Storm Igor formed Wednesday southeast of the Cape Verde Islands and was at 13.7N, 23.7W Wednesday afternoon with winds of 40 mph, moving west at 6 mph and should continue west with some increase in speed and some strengthening. Tropical Depression Hermine was drenching Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma with rains of four to six inches at 32.9N, 99.1W with winds of 25 mph and weakening moving north-northeast at 10 mph. The remnants of Gaston were south of the Dominican Republic and has a near zero chance of become a tropical cyclone as it moves west at 10 to 15 mph. Disorganized thunderstorms associated with a low pressure area near the Windwards has a 10 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours as it moves west-northwest at 5-10 mph. A low pressure system east of the Cape Verde Islands is expected to move westward and be absorbed by Igor in the next day or two. (Map courtesy of NOAA)
