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MAP: Tropical systems on the Atlantic Ocean (Gustav,Hanna,Ike,Josephine) satellite image
08 Sep 2008
Source: NOAA
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In the Atlantic Ocean, a series of 3 tropical storms are lined up and moving toward the USA. At 1500 UTC on Sep. 04, Tropical Depression Gustav is located near Missouri. Tropical Storm Hanna has weakened slightly and is located at 24.5N 73.5W moving northwest at 12 mph with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. Category 4 Hurricane Ike is located at 23.2N 57W moving west-northwest at 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. Tropical Storm Josephine is about 520 miles west of the Cape Verde Island with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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