Posted on 10/12/2017 10:41:21 AM PDT by blam
Hurricane Ophelia is the latest weather system to whip up winds and rain in the Atlantic. But the storm is heading east toward the northwest coast of Spain and then up to Ireland instead of crossing the Atlantic toward the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean.
Ophelia officially gained hurricane status on Wednesday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As of Thursday morning, Ophelia was moving northeast at about 3 mph and was expected to continue on that path for the next day or so. The storm has picked up strength, with sustained winds of 90 mph and higher gusts.
Some of Ophelia's rain bands are likely to hit the Azores islands over the weekend. Ophelia's projected path then takes it in the direction of Spain and Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula, but current forecasts suggest the storm will gradually turn to the north and remain well offshore.
Only two known storms have hit the Iberian Peninsula — one in 1842, and one in 2005. The most recent was a tropical depression that was previously Hurricane Vince.
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Do You Cover European Hurricanes?
Maybe it will knock some sense into the left-leaning Europeans.
It will more than likely knock some NONsense into them. "Climate change! Dammit, Trump!"
When is the last time a Hurricane struck Ireland?
LOL—Eurocanes are all yours, FRiend!
“Pray let’s have no words of this; but when they ask, you what it means, say you this:”
GLOBULL WARNING!
Wait, I thought Mother Nature was pissed at US for electing DJT....
I would have thought an Arabic name like Omar would have been more appropriate.
It is currently forecast to then hit Scotland and then move in the North Sea. That may mean oil platorms in the North Sea will have to be evacuated (maybe)
Winds between 5 and 20 mph? Oh, the horror. Man the lifeboats. Trump is messing with the hurricane machine again.
Otherwise, I suspect our friends in Ireland and the UK are in for a rough ride. Best wishes to our friends across the pond.
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