Hurricane Felix Update And More… 9:00 AM
AFTER COMPLETING AN EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLE LAST NIGHT… FELIX HAS AGAIN
STRENGTHENED EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE… REPORTED BY A UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT… HAS FALLEN TO 939 MB. SINCE THIS LATEST REPORT, FELIX HAS AGAIN REACHED CATEGORY FIVE STATUS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 160 MPH. FELIX HAS MADE LANDFALL ABOUT 90 MINUTES AGO ON THE NORTHEAST COAST OF NICARAGUA. UP TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN AND LIFE-THREATENING MUDSLIDES ARE LIKELY. FELIX WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES OVER THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF NICARAGUA. FELIX SHOULD BE REDUCED TO A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN 24 HOURS, HOWEVER, HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE.
BY THE WAY, DON’T BE SUPRISED TO SEE A TROPICAL SYSTEM DEVELOP OFF OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE US. A CATEGORY 1 OR 2 STORM COULD EVENTUALLY DEVELOP. MOST MODELS HAVE THIS STORM MOVING AWAY FROM LAND. DON’T BE SO SURE, AND THOSE ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST SHOULD KEEP ONE EYE OPEN.
September 7th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
[…] As Bruce has been pointing out, there is a disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean off of the southeast coast (NHC Investigation 99L) that has the potential to become Tropical Storm Gabriel over the next few days. I’ve pulled together some interesting images, both past and current of the disturbance. […]