User blog:Andrew444/Unofficial Forecast Track for 96L.INVEST

Here is a unofficial forecast track for 96L.INVEST.

INIT: 96L is off the coast of Nicaragua with a 70% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone on the NHC's TWO.

06 HRS: 96L's chance of becoming a tropical cyclone is upped to 90%.

12 HRS: 96L is upgraded to Tropical Depression Eighteen with winds of 35 mph and a pressure of 1005 mb.

18 HRS: Tropical Depression Eighteen's pressure is downed to 1001 mb.

24 HRS: Tropical Depression Eighteen's winds are upgraded to 40 mph, and it becomes a tropical storm 400 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, with the NHC designating it Rina.

30 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina's winds rise to 45 mph and the pressure drops to 1000 mb.

36 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina continues to rise, with winds up to 50 mph and a pressure of 998 mb.

42 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina begins to rapidly deepen, as its winds rise to 70 mph and the pressure drops to 993 mb.

48 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina becomes a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds 100 miles south of Cuba.

54 HRS: Hurricane Rina's pressure drops to 988 mb.

60 HRS: Hurricane Rina makes landfall in rural southwestern Cuba with winds of 80 mph and a pressure of 987 mb.

66 HRS: Hurricane Rina weakens to a 70 mph tropical storm over Cuba, and its pressure rises to 995 mb.

72 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina emerges into the Florida Straits as a 60 mph tropical storm.

78 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina continues to weaken, as the winds decrease to 55 mph and the pressure rises to 998 mb.

84 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina makes landfall at Bahia Honda Key, Florida with 55 mph winds and a pressure of 998 mb.

90 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina emerges into the Gulf of Mexico with 45 mph winds.

96 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina weakens to a 40 mph, 1001 mb storm.

102 HRS: Tropical Storm Rina weakens to a tropical depression and makes landfall at Lake Inagram, Florida with 35 mph winds and a 1004 mb pressure.

108 HRS: Tropical Depression Rina's decrease to 30 mph as the center passes over the NHC building.

114 HRS: Tropical Depression Rina weakens to 25 mph, and the pressure decreases to 1011 mb over western Miami.

120 HRS: Tropical Depression Rina dissipaites over Fort Lauderdale.

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