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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[jeffers]

Definitely wobbling. Center of eye now to pass over Yabucoa, well left of where it was headed an hour ago.

[P.O.E.]

Young Alexander Hamilton's letter from St Croix after the hurricane of 1772.

[Karl Spooner]

I was referring to the huge number of Weather Underground amateur weather stations that they utilize.

[jeffers]

Ahhh, my mistake.

Scott Peake live from St. Croix on TWC now. He survived the near miss without major inconvenience. TWC reports oeak sustained winds there at 104 mph.

[jeffers]

Hmmm. Thinking the umbrella with the wrist strap is the move with a forecast like that.

[EEGator]

A lot of the crews in FL are from every corner of the US right now. :)

[4Liberty]

Bump!

[jeffers]

3.9 foot measured surge at Yabucoa, per TWC, as of 0613 EDT.

[SE Mom]

ABC guy tweeted it was water from balcony. But he waited quite awhile before CLARIFYING it, letting people speculate surge was that high.

These guys...

[jeffers]

All She Wrote...



Probably the last radar scan out of TJUA for a good while. This was from 0550 EDT, now almost 40 minutes old, after regular feeds every 4 minutes since midnight.

Next closest WSR-88D dish is KBYX in Key West. Luxurious data now just a memory. I will still get Hurricane Hunter captures, but without visual feeder band info to correlate it with, it will be a lot tougher to assemble a big picture view.

[jeffers]

PS, that’s looking NW, onshore, towards Puerto Rico.

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Maria Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL152017
635 AM AST Wed Sep 20 2017

...MARIA MAKES LANDFALL NEAR YABUCOA PUERTO RICO...

Geostationary satellite images and surface observations indicate
that the center of Hurricane Maria made landfall near Yabucoa,
Puerto Rico, around 615 AM AST.

A sustained wind 60 mph (96 km/h) with a wind gust to 113 mph (182
km/h) was recently reported at Yabucoa Harbor, Puerto Rico.

A National Ocean Service tide gauge at Yabucoa Harbor, Puerto Rico,
recently reported a water level of 4.3 ft above Mean Higher High
Water (MHHW).

SUMMARY OF 635 AM AST...1035 UTC...INFORMATION
---------------------------------------------------
LOCATION...18.0N 65.8W
ABOUT 20 MI...35 KM WSW OF VIEQUES
ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM SE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH...250 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...917 MB...27.08 INCHES

$$

Forecaster Berg

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[cll]

Still here. This is horrible.

[cll]

We’re safe though.

[NautiNurse]

As noted above, PR radar not updating at this time. Fixed image of last radar image:

And satellite image:

[NautiNurse]

FANTASTIC news! Thank you for checking in!

[cll]

It came in 2 hours too early?

[NautiNurse]

Forward speed 10mph. Should exit PR by late this afternoon.

[cll]

I wish we could post videos directly here. It’s awesome

[NautiNurse]

We’re praying for you and your family. Daylight now.