Grace made landfall in eastern Yucatan at 5:45am EDT Thursday with 80mph winds
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 8/19/2021, 7:24 am
It is forecast to re-strengthen back up to around that intensity in the Bay of Campeche before making landfall in Mexico a second time.
Hurricane Grace Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL072021
450 AM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...GRACE MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA
OF MEXICO NEAR TULUM...
Satellite images and radar data from Belize indicate that Hurricane
Grace made landfall along the eastern Yucatan Peninsula around 445
AM CDT...0945 UTC...just south of Tulum, Mexico.
A Weatherflow station at Xcaret Park near Playa del Carmen, Mexico,
recently measured a sustained wind of 60 mph (97 km/h) and a gust
to 85 mph (137 km/h). Another Weatherflow station located at
Cancun, Mexico, recently measured a sustained wind of 59 mph (95
km/h) and a gust to 80 mph (129 km/h), while the Weatherflow site
located at Puerto Morelos, Mexico, recently measured a sustained
wind of 51 mph (83 km/h) a gust to 70 mph (113 km/h). On Cozumel, a
sustained wind of 41 mph (66 km/h) and a gust to 68 mph (109 km/h)
was observed at the Cozumel Lighthouse.
SUMMARY OF 445 AM CDT...0945 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.1N 87.5W
ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM S OF TULUM MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...986 MB...29.12 INCHES
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Forecaster Stewart/Berg |
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5pm EDT Tuesday on Grace: Hurricane warnings issued for parts of Yucatan; hurricane watches for Caymans -
Chris in Tampa,
8/17/2021, 6:32 pm- Grace made landfall in eastern Yucatan at 5:45am EDT Thursday with 80mph winds - Chris in Tampa, 8/19/2021, 7:24 am
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