Hurricane Ophelia – Day 6
Position: 37.3N 21.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [055°] near 28 mph [44 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 115 mph [185 kph].
Wind Gusts: 140 mph [225 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 150 miles [240 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 960 mb.
Currently about 305 miles [ 490 km] East of the Azores.
Ophelia is now the 6th major hurricane of the season, the 10th hurricane, the 15th named storm, and the 17th tropical cyclone in the Atlantic in 2017.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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October 14, 2017 Comments Off on Hurricane Ophelia – Day 6
