Hurricane Maria Live Thread

NHC/NOAA ^ | 9/16/2017 | NHC/NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Jose has been hanging around, waiting for attention in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Newcomer Maria threatens to impact the Caribbean Islands already devastated by Hurricane Irma, and brushed by Jose. Hurricane Jose threatens to brush or impact New England. Lee appears to be a fish storm at this time.

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[NautiNurse]

Local news wx guy said Puerto Rico has been in the path of Cat 4 hurricanes only three times in recent history. These include 1928 San Felipe, 1979 David and 1989 Hugo.

[zzeeman]

Many Prayers Up, cll!

[SE Mom]

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Satellite data shows #Maria now as a CAT 5 hurricane. We’ll have to wait and see what the Hurricane Hunters find. twitter.com/splillo/status…

[SE Mom]

Now officially a Cat 5, winds 160 mph with higher gusts.

Approximately 2, 2 1/2 hours from a probable direct hit on Dominica.

Prayers for the people there.

[cll]

Thanks!

[cll]

Thank you very much.

[cll]

Thank you, thank you.

[cll]

Thanks!

[nutmeg]

St Croix is going to get it this time, it managed to escape Irma.

Yeah... it does appear so. We have friends who have a vacation villa on St. Croix (they often rent it out). I'll bet they're pretty worried about Maria right now...

[nutmeg]

Well, she’s a Cat 4 now. That was quick.

Unbelievably quick! :-(

[Rebelbase]

Cat 5 now.

[NautiNurse]

BULLETIN
Hurricane Maria Special Advisory Number 11
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL152017
800 PM AST Mon Sep 18 2017

...MARIA BECOMES A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5
HURRICANE...
...THE EYE AND THE INTENSE INNER CORE IS NEARING DOMINICA...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...15.3N 61.1W
ABOUT 15 MI...25 KM ESE OF DOMINICA
ABOUT 40 MI...70 KM N OF MARTINIQUE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH...260 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...925 MB...27.32 INCHES

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km).

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[TADSLOS]

Wow.

[SE Mom]

Yeah, it was. But it didn’t last long as a Cat 4.

Now it’s a Cat 5 with 160 mph sustained, gusts to 200. French radar shows eyewall hitting now. Landfall may be sooner than originally thought, not sure on that.

Pray.

[Islander7]

Nothing can withstand those winds.

[mlizzy]

Thank you for the Storm2K site. The hurricane has come on shore and it’s keeping me (with you) in prayer.

[SE Mom]

Unimaginable.

[blam]

Boy O Boy.

[SE Mom]

It’s a great site. A mix of very hardy and knowledgeable weather geeks along with newbies and just interested non-pros. Several professional meteorologists as well.

Nearly sick thinking of Dominica.

[Veto!]

Talked to my sis in Kingwood, TX last night. their house was not flooded or damaged, because, she said, she knew how to read a flood plain map before buying it 15 years ago. But Kingwood in general is a mess, stores closed, windows, doors, signs torn off, insides flooded and reeking. They are about 20 miles from Houston and the unimaginable wreckage there. Even so, she’s going to start buying groceries from AMZ because she doesn’t believe anything for sale in Houston area grocery stores could be safe from mold and worse.