Posted on 09/01/2019 10:58:20 AM PDT by Mariner
As Dorian makes landfall on the Bahamas with winds of 185-mph, it is now the strongest hurricane to hit the Bahamas region in modern records. Only one storm in the Atlantic have ever exceeded a wind speed of 185-mph. President Trump warns it could be among the 'strongest' to hit in decades.
"Dorian has become the strongest hurricane in modern records for the northwestern Bahamas," the National Hurricane Center said on Sunday morning.
As of Sunday afternoon, Dorian was located over Great Abaco island in the Bahamas. The powerful Category 5 hurricane was packing winds of 185-mph with higher gusts over 220-mph as it made landfall.
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Maybe they should alter the categories to use natural phenomena like wind speed or something instead of rate of damage to man built structures.
Thanks for that channel
I knew where it was located. Check the pressure record. It is dropping fast as it should be.
Gotcha. Ha-not as fast as it’s about to be. This thing is almost steady state. Bottom is about to fall out of the pressure. There are a couple of chasers at landfall location. We haven’t heard from them since this morning (assuming comm issues-hopefully). Can’t wait to see their vids. The stuff I’ve seen so far off of Twitter has been incredible and disturbing.
Wish they had buoy cams right off Miami. The nearest one is quite a bit north.
As a pro-met I wish we had data points everywhere. But-we have a lot more data points than when I started in 1987 that’s for sure.
That is the station to watch though, Looks like it is right in the path and it should hit it fairly soon.
Exactly my point!!
They (leftists) never get that.
Meanwhile in Boca Raton - http://video-monitoring.com/beachcams/boca/
Don’t be surprised if we find out they were padding the numbers after all is said and done.
1700 ET update: Hurricane is still strong Cat 5, 185 MPH sustained winds, it has slowed down its pace to 5 MPH!
Heh
If you look at the Florida houses that were built along the coasts in the 50’s and 60’s you see lots of concrete and flat roofs for a reason. I lived in one in S. Daytona in college. Cinder block construction on a slab with a flat, tar-gravel roof, 1/2 mile from the intercoastal waterway.
5 pm update - hurricane warnings have now been issued for Florida
Take cover Florida! Thanks for the update
Any chance this thing doesn’t turn and continues West towards southwest Florida? After dealing with Irma, I don’t trust any of the models.
Thanks, that’s info new to me. Few palms here at 46N latitude but I have visited tropical and semi-tropical areas in calm conditions.
Not sure what you are suggesting but tornadoes vary in strength. The EF0-EF5 scale goes from light damage to catastrophic. Most tornadoes are weak and cause little damage. This hurricane, and others, have had wind gusts well above 200 MPH, equal to an EF4 or EF5 tornado. There is no EF6 tornado either...
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