Buoy 41048 near Katia
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 9/8/2011, 2:18 am
From the 2AM EDT advisory on 9/8...
"...NOAA BUOY INDICATES KATIA IS A LITTLE STRONGER...
SUMMARY OF 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...31.4N 70.2W
ABOUT 330 MI...530 KM WSW OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB...28.79 INCHES"
"HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205
MILES...335 KM. A NOAA BUOY LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST
OF THE CENTER RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 87 MPH WITH A
GUST TO 112 MPH."
That buoy:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41048
Highest 1-minute Wind Speed:
At 1:00 am:
75.8 kts
ESE ( 110 deg true )
Peak gust during the measurement hour:
At 1:47 am:
ESE ( 120 deg )
93.2 kts
And 40.0 ft waves for the past hour. |
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Buoy 41048 near Katia - Chris in Tampa, 9/8/2011, 2:18 am
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