Tropical Storm Philippe – Day 5
Position: 18.2N 54.5W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northwestt [305°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles [280 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1002 mb ↑.
Currently about 565 miles [ 910 km] East of the Northern Leeward Islands.
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September 27, 2023 No Comments
Tropical Storm Philippe – Day 4
Position: 17.4N 52.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1003 mb.
Currently about 730 miles [1180 km] East of the Northern Leeward Islands.
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September 26, 2023 No Comments
Tropical Storm Philippe – Day 3
Position: 17.6N 47.8W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [285°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles [280 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1001 mb ↓.
Currently about 1005 miles [1620 km] East of the Northern Leeward Islands.
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September 25, 2023 No Comments
Tropical Storm Philippe – Day 2
Position: 17.1N 43.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [290°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1000 mb.
Currently about 1305 miles [2100 km] East of the Northern Leeward Islands.
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September 24, 2023 No Comments
Autumnal Equinox
The equinox arrived at 1:50AM CDT.
It’s time to man the rakes in northern climes while Spring arrives below the Equator.
September 23, 2023 No Comments
Tropical Storm Philippe
Position: 15.4N 40.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [265°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb.
Currently about 1125 miles [1810 km] West of the Cabo Verde Islands.
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September 23, 2023 No Comments
Post-Tropical Cyclone Ophelia – Day 3
Position: 37.1N 77.6W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1003 mb ↑.
Currently about 30 miles [ 50 km] South-Southwest of Richmond, Virginia.
All Warnings and Watches have been cancelled. This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on Ophelia.
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September 23, 2023 No Comments
Tropical Storm Ophelia – Day 2
Position: 33.6N 76.8W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [330°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph [110 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 310 miles (500 km].
Minimum central pressure: 984 mb.
Currently about 70 miles [ 115 km] East-Southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, northward to Fenwick Island, Delaware, including Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds; the Chesapeake Bay south of North Beach; Tidal Potomac south of Cobb Island.
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect from Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia, including Chesapeake Bay south of Colonial Beach, Virginia; for the Neuse River, the Pamlico River, and portions of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for North of Surf City, North Carolina to Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina.
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect from Surf City, North Carolina to Bogue Inlet, North Carolina; the remainder of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds.
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September 22, 2023 No Comments
Post-Tropical Cyclone Nigel – Day 8
Position: 46.3N 32.6W [ 4:00AM CDT 0900 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [065°] near 37 mph [59 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph [110 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Minimum central pressure: 976 mb ↓.
Currently about 640 miles [1030 km] North-Northwest of the Azores.
This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system.
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September 22, 2023 No Comments
Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen
Position: 29.5N 75.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [015°] near 3 mph [ 6 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 240 miles (390 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1007 mb ↓.
Currently about 355 miles [ 570 km] Southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, northward to Fenwick Island, Delaware, including Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds; the Chesapeake Bay south of North Beach; Tidal Potomac south of Cobb Island.
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect from Duck, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia, including Chesapeake Bay south of Windmill Point; for the Neuse River, the Pamlico River, and portions of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds.
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect from Surf City, North Carolina to Duck, North Carolina; the Chesapeake Bay north of Windmill Point to Smith Point, including the remainder of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds.
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September 21, 2023 No Comments
Hurricane Nigel – Day 7
Position: 45.1N 36.7W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [065°] near 37 mph [59 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [150 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 979 mb ↑.
Currently about 700 miles [1125 km] Northwest of the Azores.
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September 21, 2023 No Comments
Avast Ye Lubbers
It’s the plank for me to be sure, as I was tied up arranging stores for me mate and missed it yesterday.
I hoped it was double rations of grog all around in the galley as ye threow the pasta and pesto down your gullet for the final day of Pasta Week, on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Arr…
Belay that! ‘T’would have been better done by swilling lambrusco directly from the flask!
Arr…
September 20, 2023 No Comments
Hurricane Nigel – Day 6
Position: 39.0N 50.4W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [045°] near 25 mph [41 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 90 mph [150 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 973 mb.
Currently about 550 miles [ 885 km] South-Southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
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September 20, 2023 No Comments
Hurricane Nigel – Day 5
Position: 33.2N 54.7W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [355°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 100 mph [155 kph].
Wind Gusts: 110 mph [175 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles [280 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 971 mb ↓.
Currently about 590 miles [ 950 km] East of Bermuda.
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September 19, 2023 No Comments