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Hurricane Maria makes 1st Category 4 landfall for Puerto Rico in 85 years!

Hurricane Maria makes 1st Category 4 landfall for Puerto Rico in 85 years!

THIS POST SHALL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY AS MARIA CROSSES PUERTO RICO! 11.55am BST BREAKING: Hurricane Maria has made landfall on the southeast shore of Puerto Rico as a 155 mph Cat 4 storm. Slight weakening occurred just prior to PR landfall with the collapse of eye and replacement of outer eyewall. #Maria making landfall […]

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Pacific Northwest, N Rockies receive first significant high-elevation snow of season

Written by on September 19, 2017 in Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Pacific Northwest, N Rockies receive first significant high-elevation snow of season

Attached to low pressure, the coldest air of the fall so far is sweeping across the Pacific Northwest bringing the first significant high elevation snows are falling for many. https://twitter.com/carto_met/status/910001588483145728 https://twitter.com/ryanvaughan/status/908063409203269632 https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/908292627434536962 https://twitter.com/SnowForecast/status/909390173334581248 https://twitter.com/NJSnowFan/status/910133081016815616 https://twitter.com/NWSRiverton/status/910113002535444481 https://twitter.com/YellowstoneNPS/status/909086694409871360 https://twitter.com/Interior/status/909930141920501765 https://twitter.com/mark_tarello/status/909080633368072194 https://twitter.com/MT6200elev/status/909078689870049285 https://twitter.com/Accu_Jesse/status/908701616630587392

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Hurricane Jose to weaken offshore but still bring wind, rain, surf to US East Coast

Written by on September 18, 2017 in Summer 2017, Tropical, United States of America with 0 Comments
Hurricane Jose to weaken offshore but still bring wind, rain, surf to US East Coast

Hurricane Jose is barely a hurricane and isn’t looking healthy with most of the convection and energy on the northern side as seen in the latest infrared loop. While Jose will weaken and won’t directly impact the United States, it will bring wet and windy conditions up and down the East Coast with greatest impacts […]

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Large-scale pattern continues to leave US coast vulnerable to tropics next 10 days

Written by on September 15, 2017 in Summer 2017, Tropical, United States of America with 0 Comments
Large-scale pattern continues to leave US coast vulnerable to tropics next 10 days

The GFS ensemble 500mb height anomaly 5 day increments continue to show a vulnerable US coastline with eastern Canada ridge which opens the door to tropical cyclone hits underneath. We don’t just have Jose on the table which is likely to be mainly a strong Nor’easter for the Northeast with last minute weakening and recurve next week but the models […]

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CWG: Hurricane Irma drained the water from Florida’s largest bays — but it wasn’t gone for long

CWG: Hurricane Irma drained the water from Florida’s largest bays — but it wasn’t gone for long

By Matthew Cappucci By Matthew Cappucci Capital Weather Gang September 11 It didn’t take long for Tampa-area residents to flock out onto the bay after it went dry Sunday afternoon. Some thought it would be neat to forgo the use of a bridge. Others were left scratching their heads at the eerie phenomenon. Other instances of […]

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WU: Irma Makes Its Mark in Weather Records

WU: Irma Makes Its Mark in Weather Records

Article from wunderground.com Bob Henson  ·  September 12, 2017, 9:23 PM EDT Some of the worst impacts of Hurricane Irma were still coming to light on Tuesday, a day after the National Weather Service wrote its final advisory on the storm. Irma’s unique place in weather history is already clear, though. Phil Klotzbach (Colorado State […]

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Irma makes 2nd US landfall on Marco Island, Florida with gusts of 135-142 mph

Written by on September 10, 2017 in Hurricane Irma, Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Irma makes 2nd US landfall on Marco Island, Florida with gusts of 135-142 mph

Irma made a 2nd US and Florida landfall at Cat 4 intensity today. https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/906984234069278720 https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/906991544753893377 https://twitter.com/AMHQ/status/906897431215964160 https://twitter.com/CNNweather/status/906984511287824386 https://twitter.com/RyanAFournier/status/906948284215939072 https://twitter.com/StuOstro/status/906975475825815553 https://twitter.com/bohemianceliac/status/906959228140707840 https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/906852958918385665 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/906881395057844225 https://twitter.com/WFLAJosh/status/906964645365329921 NOW: Powerful Category 4 Irma makes 1st US landfall on Cudjoe Key Florida Hurricane Irma makes it’s first US landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida at 9.10am ET as a Category 4 with […]

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Irma marks Cuba’s first Category 5 landfall since 1924

Irma marks Cuba’s first Category 5 landfall since 1924

  https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/906353959182376960 https://twitter.com/NASA_SPoRT/status/906361013745983488 https://twitter.com/ABC/status/906638054936457217 https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/906661404358225921 https://twitter.com/nypost/status/906652569635889152

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Record-breaking Hurricane Irma expected to regain Cat 5 status prior to Florida landfall

Written by on September 8, 2017 in Hurricane Irma, Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Record-breaking Hurricane Irma expected to regain Cat 5 status prior to Florida landfall

After maintaining 185 mph sustained winds for a record breaking 37 straight hours and buzz sawing through the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, Turks and Caicos to name some, Irma now sets it’s sights on the southern Bahamas and Florida through the next 48 hours. Though ‘sustained’ winds were reduced to 150 mph and […]

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Hurricane Irma breaks multiple records as it continues it’s Cat 5 rampage of the Caribbean, Barbuda wiped out!

Hurricane Irma breaks multiple records as it continues it’s Cat 5 rampage of the Caribbean, Barbuda wiped out!

Hurricane Irma continues to raise the bar in the threshold of hurricane power. Firstly setting a new record for strongest Atlantic hurricane outside of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico to a tie with Florida Keys 1935, Gilbert 1988 and Wilma 2005 for 2nd strongest in Atlantic based on 185 mph sustained winds. Allen 1980 has winds of 190 mph. However… […]

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