Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for FIFTEEN-19 in Cape Verde from 14 Oct 2019 21:00 UTC to 16 Oct 2019 09:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for FIFTEEN-19

in Cape Verde

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FIFTEEN-19 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000614
Name	FIFTEEN-19
From - To	14 Oct - 16 Oct
Exposed countries	Cape Verde
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability	--

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS NOAA	n.a	0 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	65 km/h	0.3 m	332 mm	0.5
GFS	72 km/h	0.2 m	215 mm	0.5
ECMWF	61 km/h	0.3 m	257 mm	0.5

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Cape Verde - Tropical Depression FIFTEEN Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:00

After passing over Sal Island, the new Tropical Storm named FIFTEEN is moving north-west over Atlantic Ocean. On 16 October at 3.00 UTC, its was located approximately 40 km east-northeast of São Nicolau Island, with maximum sustained winds up to 56 km/h (Tropical Depression).
FIFTEEN is forecast to move further north-west over the Atlantic Ocean, weakening and dissipating on 18 October.
Moderate rainfall is forecast over Cape Verde on 16 October.

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