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2019-09-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Getting close to the UNDEFINED CAT-6: Dorian at 175mph/152 knots

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And, just for the record, there is no official Category 6 hurricane. 🌀

However, if the scale was extrapolated, then Cat 6 should start at 182 mph (158 knots)

Currently Dorian is 175 mph (152 knots) pic.twitter.com/qZK31SRNo8
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) September 1, 2019

12:44 EDT twitter link

⚠️Alert: Hurricane #Dorian has started to knock out internet infrastructure across the #Bahamas as the Category 5 storm approaches #Abaco with devastating 180 mph winds

Major outages now registered in #HopeTown and #MarshHarbour with landfall imminent

📰 http://t.co/tIrHhZGpUy pic.twitter.com/L4OxhDL6pQ
— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) September 1, 2019

Marsh Harbour: Elevation 13 Feet. Storm Surge 26 Feet.

Posted by 3dc 2019-09-01 10:03|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 A monster. Hope we dodge it.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-09-01 10:14|| 2019-09-01 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 About the right time to nuke it.

Posted by Zenobia Ebbineger7578 2019-09-01 10:17|| 2019-09-01 10:17|| Front Page Top

#3 For those keeping track at home, #HurricaneDorian is now just 15 mph shy of the ALL TIME record for maximum sustained wind speed in an Atlantic basin hurricane.

Dorian could give this record a run for its money.

Posted by 3dc 2019-09-01 10:19|| 2019-09-01 10:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Bahamas are in big trouble.

Posted by 3dc 2019-09-01 10:20|| 2019-09-01 10:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Apparently the storm decided to head north after President Trump chased it away from Mar-a-Lago using his Trumpian super powers. Sorry, h8ters! Sympathy for anyone in the storm's path.

Posted by SteveS 2019-09-01 11:43|| 2019-09-01 11:43|| Front Page Top

#6 currently 180 mph so 156 knots. 2 more knots before cat 6

Posted by 3dc 2019-09-01 12:20|| 2019-09-01 12:20|| Front Page Top

#7 911 millibars

Posted by 3dc 2019-09-01 12:22|| 2019-09-01 12:22|| Front Page Top

#8 likely it will weaken late today and overnight

eyewall reformation and slightly less favorable wind aloft

Posted by lord garth 2019-09-01 12:50|| 2019-09-01 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Still 910 Millibars but at 185 MPH sustained wind. Gusts over 220 MPH.

Links:
Weather Underground

NOAA Hurricane Center

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-09-01 16:11|| 2019-09-01 16:11|| Front Page Top

#10 According to Weather Underground, lowest US barmoetric reading at sea level was:

The lowest pressure ever measured anywhere in the United States (either as a result of a tropical or extra-tropical storm) was a reading of 892 mb (26.34”) at Matecumbe Key, Florida during the Great Labor Day Hurricane of September 2, 1935, the most intense hurricane ever to strike the United States.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-09-01 19:40|| 2019-09-01 19:40|| Front Page Top

#11 The larger problem in my mind is how slow it's moving. 5MPH westbound. It's not just going to hit, it's going to DRAG ON. I'm not sure there's going to be anything left of the Bahama's after this, 20ft surge supposedly. Certainly looks like it from the provided video's

Posted by Charles 2019-09-01 19:47|| 2019-09-01 19:47|| Front Page Top

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