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2017 September 19 — Why Now?
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Avast Ye Lubbers

Pirate

It’ll be double rations of grog all around in the galley as ye throw the pasta and pesto down your gullet for the final day of Pasta Week, on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
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Belay that! ‘T’would be better done by swilling lambrusco directly from the flask!
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September 19, 2017   Comments Off on Avast Ye Lubbers

Hurricane Maria – Day 4

Hurricane MariaPosition: 17.3N 64.7W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [300°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 175 mph [280 kph].
Wind Gusts: 200 mph [320 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [240 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 909 mb.

Currently about 30 miles [ 45 km] South-Southeast of St. Croix and about 120 miles [ 190 km] Southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for U.S. Virgin Islands; British Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico, Vieques, & Culebra; the coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to Puerto Plata.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Saba & St. Eustatius; St. Maarten; Guadeloupe; the coast of the Dominican Republic from west of Puerto Plata to the northern Dominican Republic-Haiti border and west of Cabo Engano to Punta Palenque.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Saba & St. Eustatius; St. Maarten; St. Martin & St. Barthelemy; the coast of the Dominican Republic from Isla Saona to Puerto Plata; the Turks & Caicos Islands and the Southeastern Bahamas.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

September 19, 2017   Comments Off on Hurricane Maria – Day 4

Tropical Storm Jose – Day 15

Tropical Storm JosePosition: 37.9N 70.8W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [040°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph [110 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 220 miles [350 km].
Minimum central pressure: 973 mb.

Currently about 230 miles [ 375 km] South of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Woods Hole to Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts, including Cape Cod, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the coast of Long Island from Fire Island Inlet to Port Jefferson.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

September 19, 2017   Comments Off on Tropical Storm Jose – Day 15