Current Status and Forecast:
- Fred has fluctuated between tropical storm and tropical depression status and is about 1,300 miles southwest of the Azores.
- Fred will likely weaken somewhat through the holiday weekend, thanks to wind shear, possibly becoming a remnant low.
- It appears that some better organizing is probable early next week, as wind shear relaxes, given water temperatures are rather warm in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
- Fred is expected to curl northeast in the week ahead, thanks to a sharp southward dip in the jet stream over the north Atlantic.
- Fred is no immediate threat to land, but may approach the Azores Islands by the middle or end of this upcoming week.
Below we have maps with the latest location and the forecast path of Fred. Scroll below the maps for a recap of Fred's impacts in the Republic of Cabo Verde.
Current Position
Fred Projected Path
A Rare Hurricane For Cape Verde Islands
Fred is just the fourth Atlantic named storm to form east of 19 degrees West longitude, the National Hurricane Center said in its advisory issued for the storm Sunday morning.The Associated Press reported all airports were closed in the republic Monday, in anticipation of the storm. They also reported that the storm caused flooding, scattered power outages and uprooted some trees, but no major damage was noted.
According to a blog from Bob Henson of wunderground.com, there is no reliable record of a hurricane ever making landfall in Cabo Verde. Henson said that an 1892 storm reportedly intensified into a hurricane while passing to the south of the northwest Cape Verde Islands. In 1998, Jeanne reached hurricane status while passing south of the islands by about 100 miles, Henson added.
The islands have seen deadly impacts from tropical storms. The deadliest was Tropical Storm Fran in 1984 whose heavy rains caused flooding that killed more than two dozen people, Henson said.
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