A recent Air Force reconnaissance mission has revealed that though unorganized, what was previously Tropical Depression Five actually has sustained winds of 51 mph, and has thus been named the fifth storm of the 2012 Atlantic season: Ernesto. Updated models also indicate that the storm may intensify to hurricane strength by August 6th. This GOES-13 colorized infrared image from August 2, 2012 at 2045z uses shades of orange to indicate cloud top temperatures. Cooler cloud tops are associated with more intense areas of the storm and are darker in color. Ernesto is about 300 miles east of Barbados and on a westward track
NOAA
2012-08-02
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