Posts from — October 2016

Position: 37.4N 53.3W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [065°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 70 mph [110 kph].
Wind Gusts: 85 mph [135 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 310 miles [500 km].
Minimum central pressure: 978 mb ↑.

Currently about 640 miles [1035 km] South of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

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

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Position: 34.4N 61.2W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [060°] near 21 mph [33 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 100 mph [155 kph].
Wind Gusts: 120 mph [190 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 967 mb ↑.

Currently about 255 miles [ 410 km] Northeast of Bermuda.

The Category 3 eyewall is passing over Bermuda at 10AM CDT. At 1PM the storm is moving away from Bermuda which is still being battered by strong winds, heavy rain, pounding waves, and storm surge flooding.

All watches and warnings have been discontinued at 7PM CDT.

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

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Position: 30.1N 66.4W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [020°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 130 mph [215 kph].
Wind Gusts: 160 mph [255 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 65 miles [100 km].
Minimum central pressure: 950 mb ↓.

Currently about 180 miles [ 290 km] South-Southwest of Bermuda.

The storm is on track to pass over or very near Bermuda, with the possibility of Category 3 winds.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Today is the second Tuesday in October, Ada Lovelace Day – celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This year The Guardian has a more reasonable article than last year’s ‘nerd cafe’ reference.

The BBC chimes in.

Ada Lovelace is generally considered to be the first computer programmer, as she wrote ‘code’ for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine. The Engine itself couldn’t be built at the time because it required precision in machining that wasn’t available. [IBM later built part of the Engine and it worked as Babbage claimed.]

The ADA programming language, created for the US Department of Defense, was named for Countess Lovelace.

Computers don’t care who writes the code, what they look like, or anything other than the code works. Unfortunately too many people can’t leave their personal hangups, biases, & prejudices behind, so days like this are necessary.

Position: 27.3N 66.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [270°] near 2 mph [ 4 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 90 mph [150 kph].
Wind Gusts: 110 mph [175 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 30 miles [ 45 km].
Minimum central pressure: 970 mb ↓.

Currently about 360 miles [ 580 km] South-Southwest of Bermuda.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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It’s the second Monday in October, so it is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Have a happy one.

The US Federal government has decided to call it Columbus Day, even when it isn’t on the 12^th of October which was the second Wednesday in 1492. But it’s okay that the holiday can be on the wrong day, because Christopher Columbus [AKA: Cristoforo Colombo, Cristóbal Colón] didn’t find what he was looking for and identified what he did find incorrectly. The important thing is that a large area of the map got changed from “here be dragons and sea serpents,” to “here be gold and cannibals” and no mention was made of the oppressive heat, mosquitoes, or hurricanes.

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Position: 26.8N 65.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [350°] near 6 mph [ 9 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Minimum central pressure: 992 mb.

Currently about 380 miles [ 615 km] South of Bermuda.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Position: 24.4N 65.3W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [360°] near 2 mph [ 4 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 65 mph [100 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 185 miles [295 km].
Minimum central pressure: 989 mb.

Currently about 545 miles [ 880 km] South of Bermuda.

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

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Position: 35.4N 72.0W [ 4PM CDT 1800 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [075°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 110 mph [175 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 240 miles [390 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 90 miles [150 km].
Minimum central pressure: 988 mb.

Currently about 200 miles [ 320 km] East of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

All watches and warnings have been discontinued. This is the final advisory.

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

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Position: 34.1N 76.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [070°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 110 mph [175 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 185 miles [295 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 982 mb ↑.

Currently about 35 miles [ 55 km] South of Cape Lookout, North Carolina.

Because of the mountains in the Carolinas the storm is producing torrential rains that are sure to produce massive flooding.

At 10AM CDT the storm made landfall at McClellanville, South Carolina. At Myrtle Beach at 1PM CDT.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Little River Inlet to Surf City, North Carolina.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect from Surf City to Duck, North Carolina including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Surf City to Duck, North Carolina including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.

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

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Position: 24.4N 65.7W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: South [180°] near 5 mph [ 7 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [105 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 miles [165 km].
Minimum central pressure: 999 mb.

Currently about 550 miles [ 880 km] South of Bermuda.

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

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Those who think that Matthew wasn’t as bad as forecast should tell that to the relatives and friends of the over 800 people who died in Haiti, or the people in the Bahamas who lost their houses from the full force of Category 4 winds. There are over a million people without power in Florida, and the 4-foot+ surge isn’t make life easier. Matthew is going to take years to recover from and the name will be retired.

They gave the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos but did not include Farc leader Rodrigo Londono. That’s a bit weird – the FARC voted for peace, but Colombian voters rejected it.

Norwegians laugh at new fence on Russian border. The government is putting up a a large metal fence at a border crossing between Norway and Russia in the middle of nowhere.

Apparently people are entering Norway from Russia at this point on bicycles. If they walk across the border they will be deported, but the law makes no provision for riding a bike across. They have officially entered the realm of Monty Python. The whole bicycle thing has the feel of something created at a pub just before closing. Don’t laugh too loud until you read about the US ‘wet foot-dry foot’ policy on Cubans.

UK Government bars foreign academics from advising on Brexit, for a given definition of ‘foreign’. Apparently there are reports that the UK government is reaching out to the governments of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand at the same time it is telling professors at the London School of Economics who are not UK citizens that they can’t work on the Brexit issues. The exclusion may violate British law.

Position: 31.2N 80.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [010°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph [165 kph].
Wind Gusts: 150 mph [240 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 185 miles [295 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 948 mb.

Currently about 70 miles [ 115 km] South-Southeast of Savannah, Georgia.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Fernandina Beach, Florida to Surf City, North Carolina.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect from Surf City to Cape Lookout, North Carolina.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Surf City to Duck, North Carolina including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds and north of Flagler/Volusia county line to Fernandina Beach, Florida.

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

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Position: 26.3N 65.3W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: South [180°] near 7 mph [11 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 80 miles [130 km].
Minimum central pressure: 997 mb ↑.

Currently about 415 miles [ 670 km] South of Bermuda.

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

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