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Offline Curval

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Wish us luck
« on: October 16, 2014, 06:58:56 AM »


We took a beating this past Sunday from what has reported to have been a Tropical Storm but which certainly did hurricane level damage.  In our now weakened state we have this monster bearing down on us. 

The Cat numbers on the picture are actually wrong, the National Hurricane Center has it at Category 4 now.  It is tracking right on top of us...almost as if TS Fay dragged it.

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HURRICANE GONZALO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL082014
800 AM AST THU OCT 16 2014

...GONZALO MOVING NORTHWARD AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...


SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...25.5N 68.7W
ABOUT 525 MI...845 KM SSW OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...220 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...940 MB...27.76 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BERMUDA

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION TODAY.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GONZALO WAS LOCATED
BY A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 68.7 WEST.  GONZALO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR
9 MPH...15 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TODAY.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF GONZALO IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR BERMUDA ON FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GONZALO IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE COMMON IN MAJOR
HURRICANES...AND ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH GONZALO TODAY.  SLOW
WEAKENING IS FORECAST TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT GONZALO IS EXPECTED
TO BE A DANGEROUS HURRICANE WHEN IT MOVES NEAR BERMUDA.  STEADY
WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN BY LATE FRIDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150
MILES...240 KM.

Shold be a very interesting weekend....again.
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Offline GScholz

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2014, 07:06:25 AM »
Stay safe  :uhoh
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Offline Scherf

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2014, 08:05:33 AM »
Yow, kinda puts my Sydney rain map in a different perspective...

Hope things don't get too bad
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Offline Swoop

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2014, 08:26:42 AM »
See?  If you moved to a real country you wouldn't have these problems....

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2014, 08:58:34 AM »
Get out now.  Spend the weekend in the US.
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Offline SilverZ06

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2014, 10:39:58 AM »
Quote from: Traveler on October 16, 2014, 08:58:34 AM
Get out now.  Spend the weekend in the US.
best advise. Get to the main land and go back after it has passed. Dont become a statistic.
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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2014, 10:57:24 AM »
Quote from: Traveler on October 16, 2014, 08:58:34 AM
Get out now.  Spend the weekend in the US.

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Offline Maverick

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2014, 11:58:16 AM »
I agree. Close up the house for storm and beat feet to the mainland. No reason to sit out a hurricane if you have the option especially after being beat up by a prior storm.
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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2014, 03:35:12 PM »
I just built a big bar in my finished basement.......and i love Bagpipe music   :aok.......If ya wanted to visit Pennsylvania...nows the time.

Seriously..stay safe....ive been in alot of hurricane ravaged areas...Mother nature can be a real witch.

I have wonderful memories of Bermuda, when i was there the only thing more beautiful was my new bride......fingers crossed it goes one way or the other


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Offline Swoop

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2014, 04:58:55 PM »
He'll be fine, stop humouring him.  He's just going for the 'poor me, I live in a tropical paradise' sympathy vote.  Er....wait. :headscratch:
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Offline Arlo

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2014, 05:08:41 PM »
Good luck ..... in tropical paradise. (There - have both covered, Swoop.)
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Offline SEraider

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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2014, 06:07:37 PM »
Ouch, the price you pay in warm climates.
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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2014, 06:12:51 PM »
Bermuda, huh?  Don't you mean "wish us more luck"?
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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2014, 06:21:46 PM »
Quote from: caldera on October 16, 2014, 06:12:51 PM
Bermuda, huh?  Don't you mean "wish us more luck"?
 

:lol


Damn, that is a small island when you look at that air current. Stay safe man.
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Re: Wish us luck
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2014, 04:23:40 PM »
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