Hurricane Igor – Day 13
Position: 39.9N 59.3W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [045°] near 29 mph [46 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 380 miles [610 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 85 miles [140 km].
Minimum central pressure: 968 mb ↑.
Currently about 565 miles [905 km] Southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
Igor is transitioning into an extratropical cyclone, which is not going to make much difference to anything in its path… other than weather geeks.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the coast of Newfoundland from Stones Cove northward and westward to Jones Harbour. from Jones Harbour northward to Charlottetown, and the islands of St-Pierre and Miquelon
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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Speaking of images…thought you might find these of interest.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/20/astronauts-twitter-pictures_n_721555.html
Dr Masters has been using the pictures of the Atlantic storms the crew of the ISS has been taking on his blog.