Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for GASTON-16 in Portugal from 22 Aug 2016 21:00 UTC to 31 Aug 2016 09:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for GASTON-16

in Portugal

31 Aug 2016 09 UTC

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Impact Single TC

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Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone GASTON-16 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Portugal
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	194 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (02 Sep 20:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (Portugal)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	194 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	194 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

194 km/h Current Max.

Up to 7000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	22 Aug 2016 21:00	148	No people	No people
2	23 Aug 2016 03:00	148	No people	No people
3	23 Aug 2016 09:00	148	No people	No people
4	23 Aug 2016 15:00	157	No people	No people
5	23 Aug 2016 21:00	157	No people	No people
6	24 Aug 2016 03:00	157	No people	No people
7	24 Aug 2016 09:00	157	No people	No people
8	24 Aug 2016 15:00	167	No people	No people
9	24 Aug 2016 21:00	157	No people	No people
10	25 Aug 2016 03:00	157	No people	No people
11	25 Aug 2016 09:00	157	No people	No people
12	25 Aug 2016 15:00	167	No people	No people
13	25 Aug 2016 21:00	176	No people	No people
14	26 Aug 2016 03:00	176	No people	No people
15	26 Aug 2016 09:00	176	No people	No people
16	26 Aug 2016 15:00	176	No people	No people
17	26 Aug 2016 21:00	176	No people	No people
18	27 Aug 2016 03:00	176	No people	No people
19	27 Aug 2016 09:00	167	No people	No people
20	27 Aug 2016 15:00	167	No people	No people
21	27 Aug 2016 21:00	167	No people	No people
22	28 Aug 2016 03:00	176	No people	No people
23	28 Aug 2016 09:00	176	No people	No people
24	28 Aug 2016 15:00	176	No people	No people
25	28 Aug 2016 21:00	185	No people	No people
26	29 Aug 2016 03:00	194	No people	No people
27	29 Aug 2016 09:00	185	4 thousand	No people	Portugal
28	29 Aug 2016 15:00	176	9 thousand	No people	Portugal
29	29 Aug 2016 21:00	167	100 thousand	No people	Portugal
30	30 Aug 2016 03:00	167	110 thousand	4 thousand	Portugal
31	30 Aug 2016 09:00	157	110 thousand	4 thousand	Portugal
32	30 Aug 2016 15:00	167	110 thousand	No people	Portugal
33	30 Aug 2016 21:00	176	110 thousand	No people	Portugal
34	31 Aug 2016 03:00	194	110 thousand	No people	Portugal
35	31 Aug 2016 09:00	194	110 thousand	7 thousand	Portugal

Bulletin Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Category (SSHS)	Max winds (km/h)	Population in Cat.1 or higher	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Location (lat, lon)	Countries
1	22 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	12.1, -29
2	23 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	12.6, -30.7
3	23 Aug 2016 09:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	13.2, -32.4
4	23 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	13.8, -34.6
5	23 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	14.2, -35.8
6	24 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	14.7, -37.1
7	24 Aug 2016 09:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	14.9, -38.6
8	24 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	16.1, -39.4
9	24 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	17.4, -40.6
10	25 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	18.6, -42.1
11	25 Aug 2016 09:00	Category 1	120	no people	no people	19.5, -43.3
12	25 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	20.4, -44.4
13	25 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	21.6, -45.5
14	26 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	22.8, -46.4
15	26 Aug 2016 09:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	23.9, -47.6
16	26 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	25.2, -48.3
17	26 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	26.2, -49.7
18	27 Aug 2016 03:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	27, -50.8
19	27 Aug 2016 09:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	27.9, -52
20	27 Aug 2016 15:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	28.4, -53.2
21	27 Aug 2016 21:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	29.2, -54
22	28 Aug 2016 03:00	Category 1	139	no people	no people	29.6, -54.2
23	28 Aug 2016 09:00	Category 1	148	no people	no people	30.1, -54.6
24	28 Aug 2016 15:00	Category 2	167	no people	no people	30.5, -54.8
25	28 Aug 2016 21:00	Category 3	185	no people	no people	30.8, -55.1
26	29 Aug 2016 03:00	Category 3	194	no people	no people	30.6, -55.2
27	29 Aug 2016 09:00	Category 3	185	no people	no people	30.8, -55.2
28	29 Aug 2016 15:00	Category 2	176	no people	no people	31, -55.4
29	29 Aug 2016 21:00	Category 2	167	no people	no people	31.2, -55.2
30	30 Aug 2016 03:00	Category 2	167	no people	no people	31.6, -54.6
31	30 Aug 2016 09:00	Category 2	157	no people	no people	32, -54
32	30 Aug 2016 15:00	Category 2	167	no people	no people	32.2, -52.9
33	30 Aug 2016 21:00	Category 2	176	no people	no people	32.6, -51.9
34	31 Aug 2016 03:00	Category 3	194	no people	no people	32.9, -50.9
35	31 Aug 2016 09:00	Category 3	194	no people	no people	33.4, -50.2
35	31 Aug 2016 18:00	Category 3	194	no people	no people	34.5, -48.2
35	01 Sep 2016 06:00	Category 2	176	no people	no people	36.3, -44.5
35	01 Sep 2016 18:00	Category 2	157	no people	no people	37.5, -40
35	02 Sep 2016 06:00	Category 1	130	7100 people	110000 people	38.5, -35	Portugal
35	03 Sep 2016 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	100000 people	39.5, -28	Portugal
35	04 Sep 2016 06:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	41.5, -22

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Country
Portugal

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Azores	Portugal

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)
Flores	FLW	34	Civ.	Paved	No	4500
Graciosa	GRW	26	Civ.	Paved	No	4300

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Lajes Das Flores	PTLAJ	Portugal
Santa Cruz		Portugal
Santa Cruz		Portugal

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Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.2m in Lajes, Portugal. This height is estimated for 02 Sep 2016 20:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (7 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 33 of 30 Aug 2016 21:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 6 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	02 Sep 2016 20:00	Lajes	Portugal	0.2
	02 Sep 2016 20:00	Faja Grande	Portugal	0.1
	02 Sep 2016 20:00	Santa Cruz	Portugal	0.1
	02 Sep 2016 21:00	Flores	Portugal	0.1
	02 Sep 2016 19:00	Ponta Delgada	Portugal	0.1
	03 Sep 2016 08:00	Beira Mar	Portugal	0.1
	03 Sep 2016 08:00	Santa Cruz da Graciosa	Portugal	0.1

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