![]() ![]() NASA brings together technology, science, and unique global Earth observations to provide societal benefits and strengthen our nation. Weakening is expected after Gonzalo moves over the southeastern Caribbean Sea, and the system is forecast to dissipate by Sunday night or Monday.įor more than five decades, NASA has used the vantage point of space to understand and explore our home planet, improve lives and safeguard our future. On the forecast track, Gonzalo will move across the southern Windward Islands this afternoon or evening and over the southeastern Caribbean Sea on Sunday, July 26. Little change in strength is forecast before Gonzalo reaches the southern Windward Islands later today. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1009 millibars. ![]() Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 kph) with higher gusts. A general westward to west-northwestward motion is expected for the next couple of days. Gonzalo is moving toward the west near 18 mph (30 kph). That is about 100 miles (165 km) east of Trinidad. ![]() EDT (1200 UTC), NOAA’s National Hurricane Center or NHC noted the center of Tropical Storm Gonzalo was located near latitude 10.3 degrees north and longitude 59.8 degrees west. Status of Gonzalo on Saturday, July 25, 2020Īt 8 a.m. Interests elsewhere in the Windward Islands should monitor the progress of this system. Tropical Storm Warning in Effect on July 25Ī Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Tobago, Grenada and its dependencies. That means that little change in intensity is forecast as the cyclone approaches the southern Windward Islands during the afternoon hours on July 25. That did not improve on July 25 as the surface circulation was still poorly defined, and barely closed. EDT on July 24, although there was an increase in deep convection in association with Gonzalo, data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft continued to show that the tropical cyclone is poorly organized. ![]() The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard Suomi NPP provided a visible image of the Gonzalo on July 24 as it was nearing Trinidad and Tobago, and the southern Windward Islands. NASA-NOAA Satellite Imagery Shows Poor Organization NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the North Atlantic Ocean on July 24 and captured a visible image of a poorly organized Tropical Storm Gonzalo nearing Trinidad and Tobago, and the Southern Windward Islands.Ĭredits: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Trinidad Island is about 7 miles (11 km) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a dual island nation and the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. On July 25, 2020, heavy rain from Gonzalo was nearing Trinidad and Tobago and warnings were posted. Tropical Storm Gonzalo was approaching the southern Windward Islands when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead from space and snapped a visible image of the storm. J– NASA Sees a Poorly Organized Tropical Storm Gonzalo Nearing Trinidad and Tobago ![]()
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