Hurricane Florence was moving away from Bermuda early this afternoon. Here are the main facts:
* 1:00 p.m. position was 90 miles NNW of Bermuda
* Moving NNE at 14
* Should continue that for the next 24 hours, except picking up forward speed.
* Sustained winds 90 mph with higher gusts
* Minimum pressure 972mb or 28.70 inches
* Large ocean swells causing dangerous rip currents in the Bahamas and along the east coast of the USA from South Carolina to New England.
* Future path should keep the center off shore passing SE of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland eventually.
* NHC official track forecast and other models very accurate from day one on Florence
TROPICAL DEPRESSION #7
* Located 435 miles NE of the Leeward Islands
* Moving WNW at 9
* Sustained winds 35 mph will likely become Tropical Storm Gordon later today
* This one also expected to stay in the Atlantic and not threaten the USA
STRONG TROPICAL WAVE
* Sliding off the west coast of Africa today
* Will be moving west over the far Eastern Atlantic
* That one, too, shows considerable promise
* If it does become a tropical storm, it will be named Helene
FINAL NOTES
Elevated wind instruments on Bermuda this morning registered a peak gust of 111 mph. We do not know the answer to how much elevated those wind instruments are. At the Civil Air Terminal, gusts over 90 mph were recorded, but around 1:00 this afternoon the peak gusts were down to around 70 mph. Bermuda is small--only about 1/3 the size of the District of Columbia.
Here is a link to all the tropical information:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/tropics.hrb
* 1:00 p.m. position was 90 miles NNW of Bermuda
* Moving NNE at 14
* Should continue that for the next 24 hours, except picking up forward speed.
* Sustained winds 90 mph with higher gusts
* Minimum pressure 972mb or 28.70 inches
* Large ocean swells causing dangerous rip currents in the Bahamas and along the east coast of the USA from South Carolina to New England.
* Future path should keep the center off shore passing SE of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland eventually.
* NHC official track forecast and other models very accurate from day one on Florence
TROPICAL DEPRESSION #7
* Located 435 miles NE of the Leeward Islands
* Moving WNW at 9
* Sustained winds 35 mph will likely become Tropical Storm Gordon later today
* This one also expected to stay in the Atlantic and not threaten the USA
STRONG TROPICAL WAVE
* Sliding off the west coast of Africa today
* Will be moving west over the far Eastern Atlantic
* That one, too, shows considerable promise
* If it does become a tropical storm, it will be named Helene
FINAL NOTES
Elevated wind instruments on Bermuda this morning registered a peak gust of 111 mph. We do not know the answer to how much elevated those wind instruments are. At the Civil Air Terminal, gusts over 90 mph were recorded, but around 1:00 this afternoon the peak gusts were down to around 70 mph. Bermuda is small--only about 1/3 the size of the District of Columbia.
Here is a link to all the tropical information:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/tropics.hrb