1100 AM AST Tue Sep 04 2018
...FLORENCE BECOMES THE THIRD HURRICANE OF THE ATLANTIC SEASON...
...NO THREAT TO LAND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...19.7N 42.5W
ABOUT 1240 MI...2000 KM WNW OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS
ABOUT 1270 MI...2045 KM ENE OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB...29.24 INCHES
I'm still thinking that once it hits the death ridge it will be forced west... Even as a Cat. 1 I don't see it punching through the barrier to head north
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao_index_ensm.shtml
CPC calling for a -NAO forming... Are we dreaming? (both the GFS and EURO are also hinting at it)
Ice storms suck, I would rather have NOTHING than go through a monster like in '04 (the only significant ice storm in my lifetime IMBY... No power for over a week)
Same here... Fall is beating down the door and winter is coming, there is an insane amount of ice cover in the Artic right now for this time of year (on par with the 1980s)