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Tropical Storm Ernesto Public Advisory

NHC

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WTNT35 KNHC 131750
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Ernesto Intermediate Advisory Number 8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, National Hurricane Center Miami Florida AL052024
2:00 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time Tue Aug 13 2024

  • AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND ERNESTO STILL STRENGTHENING
  • TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IN A FEW HOURS

SUMMARY OF 2:00 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time 18:00 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME INFORMATION

LOCATION 17.5 NORTH 63.5 WEST
ABOUT 85 MILES, 140 KILOMETERS EAST, OF Saint CROIX
ABOUT 175 MILES, 285 KILOMETERS EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 MILES PER HOUR, 95 KILOMETERS PER HOUR
PRESENT MOVEMENT WEST NORTHWEST, OR 295 DEGREES AT 18 MILES PER HOUR, 30 KILOMETERS PER HOUR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1003 MILLIBAR, 29.62 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

  • The government of Antigua and Barbuda has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for Antigua and Barbuda.
  • The government of France has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for Guadeloupe.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for

  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Vieques and Culebra

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for

  • Saint Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla
  • Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy
  • Sint Maarten
  • Saba and Sint Eustatius
  • British Virgin Islands
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Puerto Rico
  • Vieques and Culebra
  1. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area, in this case within the next 12 hours or so.
  2. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours.
  3. For storm information specific to your area in the United States, including possible inland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office.
  4. For storm information specific to your area outside of the United States, please monitor products issued by your national meteorological service.

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

  • At 2:00 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time (18:00 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME), the center of Tropical Storm Ernesto was located near latitude 17.5 North, longitude 63.5 West.
  • Ernesto is moving toward the west northwest near 18 Miles Per Hour, (30 Kilometers Per Hour), and this general motion is expected to continue through tonight.
  • A motion toward the northwest and then north at a slower forward speed is expected on Wednesday and Thursday.
  • On the forecast track, the center of Ernesto should pass near or over the Virgin Islands this evening, and then pass just to the northeast and north of Puerto Rico tonight and on Wednesday.
  • Ernesto should then move over the western Atlantic later in the week.
  • Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 Miles Per Hour, (95 Kilometers Per Hour) with higher gusts.
  • Additional strengthening is forecast, and Ernesto is expected to become a hurricane by early Wednesday.
  • Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 Kilometers) from the center.
  • A wind gust of 62 Miles Per Hour, (100 Kilometers Per Hour) was recently reported at Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy.
  • The estimated minimum central pressure based on dropsonde data is 1003 Millibar, (29.62 inches).

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

Key messages for Ernesto can be found in the Tropical Cyclone Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT5 and WMO header WTNT45 KNHC and on the web at

hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT5.shtml

RAINFALL:

  • Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 4 to 6 inches over portions of the Leeward Islands from Guadeloupe to Dominica and across the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
  • Rainfall totals of 6 to 8 inches, with maximum amounts of 10 inches, are expected across southeastern Puerto Rico, with totals of 2 to 4 inches across northwestern Puerto Rico.
  • For a complete depiction of forecast rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Ernesto, please see the National Weather Service Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at

hurricanes.gov/graphics_at5.shtml?rainqpf

WIND:

  • Tropical storm conditions are occurring over portions of the warning area in the Leeward Islands.
  • Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin spreading over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico later today and tonight.
  • Hurricane conditions are also possible over the Virgin Islands, Vieques, and Culebra this evening into tonight.

STORM SURGE:

  • A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1 to 3 feet above ground level for the eastern coast of Puerto Rico from San Juan to Guayama, including the islands of Culebra and Vieques and in the U.S.Virgin Islands, including Saint Thomas, St. John, and Saint Croix.
  • A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1 to 3 feet above normal tide levels in the British Virgin Islands.
  • Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.

SURF:

  • Swells generated by Ernesto are affecting portions of the Leeward Islands and Virgin Islands and will spread westward to Puerto Rico later today.
  • These swells will then reach the Dominican Republic tonight, the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, and Bermuda on Thursday.

NEXT ADVISORY

Next complete advisory at 5:00 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time.

$$

Forecaster Berg



Originally Posted at:

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER and CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER

At The NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION


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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr criticized the Biden-Harris administration, pointing out that their $42.45 billion program to bring high-speed internet to rural America has yet to connect a single person. He said it had been 1,038 days, and “not a single person has been connected” since the program debuted.





Carr on X pushed out a post in the early afternoon of Wednesday featuring a new letter from nine US senators, including Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), stressing concern about VP Harris’ time as ‘broadband czar’ entirely mismanaged the $42.45 billion program to connect rural America. Considering that not a single home in rural America has been connected, the senators warned that the failures are piling up for VP Harris, citing her failure as ‘border czar.’




Dear Vice President Harris:


We are writing to express serious concerns regarding your role as the Biden-Harris administration’s “broadband czar” and the mismanagement of federal broadband initiatives under your leadership. It appears that your performance as “broadband czar” has mirrored your performance as “border czar,” marked by poor management and a lack of effectiveness despite significant federal broadband investments and your promises to deliver broadband to rural areas.


As you are aware, Congress, through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provided the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with $42.45 billion for the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. These funds are intended to provide broadband access to unserved communities, particularly those in rural areas.


In 2021, you were specifically tasked by President Biden to lead the administration’s efforts to expand broadband services to unserved Americans. And at the time, you stated, “we can bring broadband to rural America today.” Despite your assurances over three years ago, rural and unserved communities continue to wait for the connectivity they were promised. Under your leadership, not a single person has been connected to the internet using the $42.45 billion allocated for the BEAD program. Indeed, Politico recently reported on “the messy, delayed rollout of” this program.


Instead of focusing on delivering broadband services to unserved areas, your administration has used the BEAD program to add partisan, extralegal requirements that were never envisioned by Congress and have obstructed broadband deployment. By imposing burdensome climate change mandates on infrastructure projects, prioritizing government-owned networks over private investment, mandating the use of unionized labor in states, and seeking to regulate broadband rates, your administration has caused unnecessary delays leaving millions of Americans unconnected.


The administration’s lack of focus on truly connecting the unconnected has failed the American people and represents a gross misuse of limited taxpayer dollars. The American public deserves better.







‘All-In’ podcast host Jason Calacanis recently said, “Our government is corrupt and stealing our money. United airlines just put Starlink on 1,000+ planes, but the FCC claims we need to spend 5-10k per rural home for wired connections?!? These homes are putting starlink in on their nickel while they wait for a cable modem in 10 years — wtf??? Pure corruption or insane stupidity — you decide!”





Carr recently chimed in and said Elon Musk’s Starlink offered the FCC a secured commitment of $1,300 per household for 640,000 rural locations. He said in 2023, the federal government rejected Starlink and decided to spend $100,000 per location. 





Musk said Wednesday that the FCC rejected Starlink because of “lawfare.” 





Here’s what X users are saying about an inefficient and what appears to be a ‘corruption’ within the Biden-Harris admin:








Good question.





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