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Position: 41.0N 31.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: East [100°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 65 mph [100 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 115 miles [185 km].
Minimum central pressure: 999 mb.

Currently about 205 miles [ 330 km] Northwest of Faial Island in the central Azores.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Flores & Corvo in the western Azores; Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Graciosa, & Terceira in the central Azores.

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

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You can watch the arrival of the equinox at Archæoastronomy. It takes/took place at 8:04 PM CDT.

It’s time to man the rakes in northern climes while Spring arrives below the Equator.

Position: 39.6N 38.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [065°] near 17 mph [28 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 65 mph [100 kph].
Wind Gusts: 80 mph [130 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 60 miles [ 95 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1000 mb.

Currently about 600 miles [ 970 km] West-Northwest of the Azores.

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

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Position: 26.6N 71.2W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North [010°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 130 mph [215 kph].
Wind Gusts: 145 mph [235 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 934 mb.

Currently about 550 miles [ 885 km] Southwest of Bermuda.

Fiona is a very large storm system that is still expanding.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Position: 36.2N 43.6W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [020°] near 18 mph [30 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [100 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1004 mb ↓.

Currently about 920 miles [1485 km] West of the Azores.

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

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Position: 23.2N 71.8W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North [350°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 125 mph [205 kph].
Wind Gusts: 140 mph [220 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 947 mb ↓.

Currently about 760 miles [1220 km] Southwest of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Position: 20.6N 70.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: North-Northwest [330°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 110 mph [175 kph].
Wind Gusts: 125 mph [200 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 30 miles [ 45 km].
Minimum central pressure: 971 mb ↓.

Currently about 80 miles [ 130 km] Southeast of Grand Turk Island.

Heavy rainfall and flash flooding continues in the eastern Dominican Republic.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Turks & Caicos Islands.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Southeastern Bahamas, including the Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, the Inaguas, Mayaguana, and the Ragged Islands.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the north coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo to Puerto Plata.

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

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It’ll be double rations of grog all around in the galley as ye throw 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 be better done by swilling lambrusco directly from the flask!
Arr…

Position: 18.0N 68.1W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [300°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 85 mph [140 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 30 miles [ 45 km].
Minimum central pressure: 982 mb ↓.

Currently about 45 miles [ 75 km] South-Southeast of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Puerto Rico, including Vieques & Culebra; for the coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo; Turks & Caicos Islands.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in for effect for the north coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata; Southeastern Bahamas, including the Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, the Inaguas, Mayaguana, and the Ragged Islands.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the north coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo westward to Barahona.

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

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September 18 through 24, 2022

“Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.” That is the original German. My English translation would be ‘That is but a prelude, where they burn books, they will in the end burn people.” It is from Heinrich Heine’s 1821 play Almansor.

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird keep making the top ten of banned books. It makes no sense to me why people can’t just not read books they don’t like, and let other people make their own choices. But then again, I live in a county where people have a fit if children dress up as witches, wizards, or devils on Halloween, and have “harvest festivals” instead of Halloween parties… it’s really pathetic.

Position: 16.6N 64.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [285°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 75 mph [120 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Minimum central pressure: 997 mb ↓.

Currently about 150 miles [ 240 km] Southeast of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Puerto Rico, including Vieques & Culebra; for the coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in for effect for U.S. Virgin Islands; British Virgin Islands; the north coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for U.S. Virgin Islands; the north coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo westward to Puerto Plata.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo westward to Barahona.

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

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Position: 16.6N 62.2W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 75 mph [120 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1002 mb.

Currently about 190 miles [ 300 km] East-Southeast of St. Croix.

At 4PM CDT the Leeward Islands are experiencing tropical storm conditions.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in for Saba & St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, Guadeloupe, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, Puerto Rico, including Vieques & Culebra, U.S. Virgin Islands. British Virgin Islands, and Cabo Caucedo, Dominican Republic on the south coast around the eastern portion of the island to Puerto Plata on the north coast.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Dominica, South coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Caucedo westward to Barahona.

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

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Día de la Independencia
Estados Unidos Mexicanos

¡Viva México!

Some background on 16 de Septiembre and El Grito de Dolores.

Position: 16.0N 56.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300UTC].
Movement: West [265°] near 15 mph [24 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 75 mph [120 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb.

Currently about 335 miles [ 535 km] East-Southeast of the Leeward Islands.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in for Saba & St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla, Guadeloupe, St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico, including Vieques & Culebra, U.S. Virgin Islands, and British Virgin Islands.

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

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