Tropical Storm Shary Develops in the Atlantic
This satellite image from late Thursday shows Shary developing over the Atlantic. (Courtesy of NOAA)
Tropical Storm Shary, the 18th named tropical system of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season, has developed. She will hit Bermuda with tropical storm conditions before turning to the northeast over the Atlantic.
An area of low pressure located over 300 hundred miles south of Bermuda was named Tropical Storm Shary at 11 p.m. EDT Thursday as it became better organized.
Shary will maintain tropical storm strength as she continues on a path toward Bermuda.
The storm will likely stay southeast of Bermuda, but she will pass close enough to bring tropical storm conditions to the island nation during the afternoon on Friday.
Heavy rainfall of 1-3 inches and locally higher amounts will deluge Bermuda. This will be enough rain to result in localized flooding, especially of poor drainage areas.
Shary's winds will lash Bermuda with gusts past 50 mph. Winds of this magnitude can down tree branches and cause power outages.
There are factors will make Shary less of a threat to Bermuda than Hurricane Igor, which moved just west of the island earlier in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
The first factor that will make Shary's impact lesser than Igor's is the difference in strength. Hurricane Igor was a Category 1 hurricane when it passed to the west of the island.
Another factor that will make the difference in impact to Bermuda will be the movement of Shary.
Hurricane Igor passed just west of the island, placing Bermuda in the worst quadrant of the storm in terms of wind and waves.
Hurricane Igor also packed a huge punch to the island due to its massive size. The hurricane impacted Bermuda with several days of rain and wind. Shary's impact will be much shorter lived in Bermuda due to its smaller size.
A storm system departing the Eastern Seaboard will shift eastward toward Bermuda, forcing Shary to turn more to the northeast away from Bermuda by late Friday night or Saturday.
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