RIGHT NOW THERE IS A RAMPANT RUMOR THAT HURRICANE HANNA ON THE WAY, AND IT’S SUPPOSED TO STRIKE THIS WEEKEND. BELOW ARE THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, AND STORMCARIB’S DIRECT WEBSITES. THERE IS NO OTHER STORM OTHER THAN GONZALO IN THE ATLANTIC OR THE CARIBBEAN. NOTHING HAS FORMED OFF THE COAST OF AFRICAN, HANNA DOESN’T EXIST YET! CHECK BELOW, AND TELL ME WHERE YOU SEE HANNA, THANK YOU. BECAUSE EVERYONE IN ST MAARTEN IS SAYING THIS, AND BELIEVING THIS, AND I HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY GOING THROUGH ALL THE TOP CARIBBEAN WEATHER AND HURRICANE SITES…. NOTHING, SO IF YOU CAN PROVE THIS, PLEASE CONTACT ME… THANK YOU
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Caribbean Hurricane Network
– Updates from the Islands –
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| 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season |
| | Arthur | Bertha | Cristobal | Dolly | Edouard | Fay | Gonzalo | Hanna | Isaias | Josephine | Kyle | Laura | Marco | Nana | Omar | Paulette | Rene | Sally | Teddy | Vicky | Wilfred | |
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Active Tropical Systems: Hurricane Gonzalo
Atlantic Hurricane Season is from June 1 – November 30
GOES Satellite - Zoomed in on the Caribbean (20:15 UTC, 60 minutes ago)
Vertical gridlines 10° or about 650 miles (~1050 km) apart. [more satellite imagery].
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 08:37AM PDT – Gonzalo
- October surprise or not? Most people in the northern leeward islands like St.Maarten/St.Martin, Anguilla and St.Barts, were expecting a tropical storm, instead they got a strong Category 1 hurricane. Unfortunately most people were not prepared for this, and apparently one man lost his life on St.Maarten. As far as I know, two more are missing (one on St.Martin and one in St.Barts). For more read the reports by the special hurricane correspondents on the islands as they come in.
Right now Gonzalo has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds near 130mph! This makes it the strongest Atlantic hurricane in three years… Looking at the Closest Point of Approach-calculator the eye of the storm is expected to pass just to the left of Bermuda (55 miles) in about 2 days (Friday, 2:00PM AST). At that time it will have weakened just a bit, but is still expected to be a major hurricane with 120mph winds! Fay was a wake up call for Bermuda, this will be the real thing, esp. if the track shifts just a bit to the east.
For the people on the islands who want to see what hit them, there are some radar loops from Guadeloupe and San Juan showing the path of Gonzalo through the islands on Brian McNoldy’s website. In any case, I wish I had some more positive news to tell, this shows again that tropical systems should not be underestimated, even if you expect ‘just’ a tropical storm. It is still a storm! Stay safe people on Bermuda! -Gert
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