NASA MODIS Image of the Day: October 14, 2012 – Tropical Storm Patty (16L) in the Atlantic Ocean
On Friday morning, Oct. 12, Patty was drifting at 3 mph (6 km/h) south-southwestward near the Bahamas and was already weakening. Tropical Storm Patty had maximum sustained winds near 40 mph (65 km/h), and the center was located near 25.1 N lat and 72.5 W long, or about 230 miles (375 km) east-northeast of the central Bahamas. At 2100 UTC (5:00 p.m. EDT) the NHC downgraded Patty to tropical depression status. It had hung onto tropical storm status for only about 24 hours. The final advisory on Patty was issued by the NHC at 1500 UTC (11:00 a.m. EDT) on October 20. At that time, the storm had lost all characteristics of a tropical cyclone. At that time the remnants of Patty were located near 24.8 N lat, 72.6 W long, and was moving west-southwest slowly. Maximum sustained winds were near 30 mph (45 km/h). The storm dissipated completely later that same day.
