Category 1 usercane (NUC) | |
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Basti at peak intensity | |
Formed | May 10, 2019 |
Dissipated | Currently active |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 985 hPa (mbar); 29.09 inHg |
Fatalities | Unknown |
Damage | Moderate |
Areas affected | Lesser Antilles, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Gulf Coast of the United States |
Part of the 2019 Atlantic usercane season |
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Tropical userstorm | |||
As of | Friday, December 29, 2023 | ||
Location | Gulf of Mexico | ||
Intensity | 50 mph (85 km/h), 993 mbars | ||
Movement | NE at 2 mpd |
Usercane Basti (formerly Tropical Userstorm Sangalang) is a currently active severe tropical userstorm which is in the Gulf of Mexico and is bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall across the coastline of Florida, as well as in Alabama and Mississippi. It is the eighth userpression, eighth named userstorm, and seventh usercane of the season during the inactive 2019 Atlantic usercane season, developing in the eastern Atlantic, strengthening to a tropical userstorm, weakening, then degenerated into a remnant circulation, and later regenerating to reach its initial peak with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a pressure of 994 mbars in October in the Central Caribbean Sea, equivalent to a severe tropical userstorm, before falling to a tropical userstorm on November 30, 2020 and becoming a severe tropical userstorm once again on March 11, 2022, reaching its official peak intensity in its second period as a severe tropical userstorm. It would then become a usercane on April 29, 2023, before unexpectedly falling back to tropical userstorm status on July 4, 2023.
Basti developed from a tropical userwave that moved off the coast of Africa on April 25, 2019. It gradually organized then developed into Tropical Userpression Eight on May 10 and continued to gradually intensify. Eight was upgraded to Tropical Userstorm Sangalang on June 27, but struggled to strengthen due to an unfavorable environment after that point. It then reached an initial peak intensity of 1-minute winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 1005 mbars, before weakening to a userpression in early August. Sangalang then degenerated into a remnant low on September 14. The userwave traveled generally westwards and was struggling to develop. However, in January 2020, Sangalang regenerated into a userpression the strengthened into a tropical userstorm. Then, on February 8, it got redesignated to Tropical Userstorm Basti. It then passed near the Leeward Islands on early March 2020. On the 18th of March 2020, Basti intensified to a severe tropical userstorm and reached its initial peak in October with 1-minute sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a pressure of 994 mbars. However, an unexpected collapse of deep convection in the end of November resulted in it falling to a tropical userstorm. Within 2021, Basti's intensity was at a stalemate but was downgraded during the start of 2022 to a 45 mph (75 km/h) tropical userstorm. Despite this, Basti began to reorganize and on the 11th of March that same year, it got upgraded to a severe tropical storm. It has recently been upgraded to a severe tropical userstorm. It would then peak in mid-September 2022 with sustained 1-minute winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 989 mbars. It then became a Category 1 usercane on April 29, 2023, and peaked right afterwards, before unexpectedly falling to tropical userstorm status on July 3, 2023. Basti is still a tropical userstorm but thankfully, it eventually reorganized once again and on January 30, 2024, it would eventually becoming a severe tropical userstorm for the third time.
Meteorological history[]
On April 25, 2019, a tropical userwave left the coast of West Africa. It moved west-northwest, possibly at 7-8 mph, as it is unknown about its movement as a tropical userwave. The userwave gradually organized while moving away from the African coastline. On May 10, the National Usercane Center (NUC) noted that the tropical userwave developed into a tropical userpession, so they designated it Tropical Userpression Eight, becoming the eighth userpression of the 2019 Atlantic usercane season. Throughout the month and the following month, June, Eight gradually intensified as its movement slightly crawled to possibly 6 mph However, on June 27, the NUC noted that a recon aircraft had reported gale force winds in Eight, upgrading it to Tropical Userstorm Sangalang, becoming the eighth userstorm of the season.
It struggled to intensify due to unfavorable conditions as a low-end tropical storm or minimal tropical storm and then reached an initial peak intensity, still as a low-end tropical storm with 1-minute winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 1005 mbars in the eastern Atlantic. Sangalang had still struggled to strengthen due to unfavorable conditions in the eastern Atlantic such as Saharan dust from Africa or dry air. Then, in early August, the NUC reported that it weakened to a tropical userpression as it moved into the central Atlantic, away from the Cape Verde islands. It then moved west-southwest and hostile conditions continued to weaken Sangalang and then on September 14, the NUC stated that it degenerated into a remnant circulation as its circulation became no longer defined. The remnants of Sangalang were travelling across the Central Atlantic throughout the rest of 2019, still in slightly unfavorable conditions as it continued generally westwards. The chances of regeneration, at that time were low to medium. During January 2020, the remnants of Sangalang entered a more favorable environment and the NUC noted that it could reform within the month. Then, on the same month, after months of struggling for regeneration, Sangalang finally regenerated into a tropical userstorm.
Sangalang started to strengthen once again as it moved west-northwest at 6 mpd (miles per day) and become stronger than its initial peak intensity. Then, on February 8, the NUC redesignated the userstorm as Tropical Userstorm Basti. It then reached 50 mph (85 km/h) winds on February 22 as it crept closer towards the Leeward Islands. Then, on March 7, it passed near Dominica as a 50 mph (85 km/h) tropical storm or moderate tropical storm. On the 18th of March 2020, Basti intensified to a low-end severe tropical userstorm. On the 4th of April, it then turned westwards and slowed slightly at 5 mpd. After that point, it started to encounter another round of little to no change in intensity. Throughout May, it is still moving westwards at 5 miles per day (mpd) and with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and and a pressure of 998 mbars. On May 16, it slightly intensified to a 65 mph (100 km/h) severe tropical storm. It is currently located in the Central Caribbean Sea and in October, it reached its initial peak intensity with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 994 mbars. Despite forecasts of it becoming a Category 1 usercane, an unexpected collapse of deep convection resulted in it being downgraded to a 50 mph (85 km/h) userstorm on November 30, 2020. Within 2021, Basti's intensity was at a stalemate but during the start of the next year, 2022, the userstorm had been downgraded to a 45 mph (75 km/h) tropical userstorm. That same year, 2022, Basti reorganize and became a severe tropical userstorm once again on the 11th of March. On the 29th of April, 2023, it would become a Category 1 usercane. It only maintained usercane status, before unexpectedly falling back to tropical userstorm status on July 3rd, 2023. The system continued to gradually weaken before reorganizing and moving away from land before 2024. Eventually, it became a severe tropical userstorm for the third time on January 31st, 2024.
Current storm information[]
As of Friday, December 29, 2023, Tropical Userstorm Basti is located in the Gulf of Mexico. Maximum 1-minute sustained winds are at 50 mph (85 km/h). The minimum central barometric pressure is 993 mbar (hPa) and the system is moving northeast at 2 miles per day.
...BASTI IS BACK INTO IT!... Friday, December 29, 2023 |