Tag Archives: Hurricane Force

Monster North Pacific Storm Sets Record

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Fred Pickhardt

As 2020 transitioned into 2021, a rapidly deepening and intense hurricane-force storm over the western North Pacific has set an all-time record low central pressure of 921 mb breaking the previous record of 924 mb recorded on Nov 8th, 2014 … Continue reading →

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Gulf of Tehuantepec Gales

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

The onset of winter brings frequent cold outbreaks across the central and eastern US that can often result in sudden gale to storm force winds over the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The northerly winds that funnel through gaps in the Sierra Madre Mountains and spill out over the Gulf of Tehuantepec and out over the eastern North Pacific. Continue reading →

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Two Major North Atlantic Hurricane-force Storms Expected

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

Two major hurricane-force storm lows are forecast to develop and move across the North Atlantic during the next 72 hours producing winds up to 80 knots and significant wave heights to 17 meters (over 55 feet)!  Continue reading →

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Hurricane-Force Storm expected over Gulf of Alaska

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low is forecast over the east-central North Pacific over the next 48 hours Continue reading →

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Hurricane-Force Storm NW of Ireland

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

An intense winter storm over the eastern North Atlantic northwest of Ireland has been producing hurricane-force winds with significant wave heights to 16 meters (52 feet) west of Ireland.

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Intense Hurricane-Force Storm developing east of Japan

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low over the western North Pacific east of Japan is forecast to reach 944 mb with winds of 55-75 knots and seas building to 58 feet (17.7 meters) over the next 12-24 hours.

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Hurricane Force storms over North Atlantic Shipping Lanes

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A strong 500 mb jet is setting up west to east across the North Atlantic over the next couple of days near 40N latitude. This will favor strong storm development across the main North Atlantic shipping lanes.  Expecting storm to … Continue reading →

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HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING…NORTH PACIFIC

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low over the central North Pacific near 40 N Latitude will result in winds of 50-65 knots and seas building to 45 feet (nearly 14 meters) south and southwest of the center over the next 24-48 … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force Storm expected along US West Coast

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low is forecast to develop over the eastern North Pacific by early Tuesday moving east-southeastward reaching the US West Coast by Tuesday evening with winds of 55-70 knots and seas building up to 38 feet (11.6 … Continue reading →

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North Atlantic Hurricane Force Storm Warning

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A deepening complex low will move east-northeastward across the Labrador Sea with winds of 50-65 knots developing south and west of the system and wave height building up to 50 feet (over 15 meters) over the next 24-48 hours. 

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