Hurricane Katia – Day 12
Position: 41.3N 58.0W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [070°] near 46 mph [74 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 85 mph [140 kph].
Wind Gusts: 105 mph [165 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 265 miles [425 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 970 mb ↑.
Currently about 725 miles [1170 km] North-Northeast of Bermuda.
Katia has picked up the ‘polar spin’ which is why it has accelerated. All storms do it at the upper latitudes. It will transition to an extra-tropical storm within a day and continue on, possibly hitting northern Scotland or Norway with tropical storm force winds.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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