"Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, Toto! It's a Twister! It's a Twister!"
Posted on 09/01/2019 5:03:00 AM PDT by tired&retired
As of: 8:00 a.m. EDT (12:00 UTC) September 1
Location: 26.5°N 76.5°W ± 10 nm
About 35 mi (55 km) E of Great Abaco Island
About 225 mi (360 km) E of West Palm Beach, FL
Sustained winds: 140 kn (160 mph; 260 km/h) (1-min mean)
gusting to 170 kn (195 mph; 315 km/h)
Pressure: 927 mbar (27.37 inHg)
Movement: W at 7 kn (8 mph; 13 km/h)
While it may not be the most accurate, if you got to that Ventusky site and select “Air Pressure” it will show pressure gradient as a color gradient. Looks like the lowest is right around 29.0” right now but again, no idea as to accuracy.
The other thing you’ve got to watch with Ventusky is it will sometimes be displaying a time that is different from the present time. I don’t know why the don’t force it to current time but it can be deceiving if you don’t notice.
A great way to waste time on the internet, it is!
It may not have US landfall. Right now it is devastating the Bahamas
Minimum pressure 927mb
Batten down the hatches...clear the scuppers...lash the stearsperson to the wheel....issue double tot of rum.
Hope Town Bahamas twitter source
https://twitter.com/ExtremeStorms/status/1168012744924073984/photo/1
A transitional percussion revolver, c. 1850, owned by Captain Richard Woodget of the 'Cutty Sark'.
Woodget took this revolver with him on all his voyages as captain of the 'Cutty Sark'.
Once, when she was rounding Cape Horn in pursuit of a world speed record, they met such a bad storm that the crew wanted to abandon the clipper.
Captain Woodget reputedly disabled the life boats with an axe and drew his revolver, forcing the crew to stay on board.
Thank you. A friend of the family from Florida was visiting us last week, but he had to go back on Friday to help his daughter and secure his belongings ahead of the big blow. Thought the storm was going to track through central Florida, then it looked like it would just ride the coast. They’re so unpredictable.
The Bahamas are taking a direct hit.
Hams and shortwave listeners, the Hurricane Watch Net is active on 7268 kHz at this time. 14325 kHz is the 20 meter frequency when propagation is favorable.
The former Prime Minister of Canada is disappointed.
I think I read that FReeper mewzilla is there right now. If so, prayers up for he and his family. God keep them safe.
That would be ironic, eh
It’s stopping its forward motion from the looks of the maps and is starting a northward turn.
FL looks to be spared a direct hit and it will lose a lot of energy as it goes up the coast and its fuel supply is cut off on the west.
Katrina was 920 mb. Camille was 900 mb. 1935 Labor day was 892 mb for comparison.
Hmmmm, interesting activity in the Gulf there.
Hurricanes are God’s Laser Pointers and we are the cat.
"Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, Toto! It's a Twister! It's a Twister!"
Cool map, have bookmarked.
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