Monthly Archives: February 2017

938MB Hurricane Force Storm Forecast off Greenland

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening low over the central North Atlantic will move northeast then turn northwest. Expecting by 1200UTC 25 Feb 2017 938 MB hurricane force storm with winds 50-70knots and seas to 14 meters (about 46 feet)within 60NM north of … Continue reading →

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TC Dineo deepening over Mozambique Channel

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Cyclone Dineo at 1500UTC 14 Feb was centered about 78 NM west of Europa Island in the Mozambique Channel and was moving soutwestward slowly with max winds of about 55 knots. Conditions are favorable for development and Dineo is … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force Storm South of Nova Scotia

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

968MB Storm low south of Nova Scotia continues to move towards the east-northeast at about 20 knots.  Winds of 50-65 knots are occurring within 360NM north and northeast of center with seas to 35 feet. Elsewhere winds were 40-50 knots … Continue reading →

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Rapidly deepening storm forecast off New England by early Monday

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening low is forecast to move off the southern coast of New England late Sunday night and Monday (Feb 12th-13th) producing storm force winds west and south of the center of 50-65 knots from late Monday through Tuesday  … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force Storm forecast off USEC

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low moving off the Middle Atlantic Coast early Thursday will cause storm to hurricane force winds from 60 to 120 NM west of the center and 120 NM southeast of a line from within 24 hours … Continue reading →

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932 MB Hurricane Force Storm Eastern North Atlantic

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

  As of 0600 UTC 06 February, an intense hurricane force 932MB low was moving northward over the eastern North Atlantic is producing storm force winds outward 350-450 NM of the center and hurricane force winds (up to 80 knots) … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force Storm to affect westbound North Atlantic Shipping

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

  A developing 1017 mb off the US East Coast will move northeast and deepen rapidly over the next 48-72 hours with winds reaching storm to hurricane force within the next 36-48 hours then deepening to 936 mb in 72 … Continue reading →

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Stormy Eastern North Atlantic

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

  An intense storm low over the eastern North Atlantic with storm to hurricane force winds and seas to 14 meters (46 feet) will turn northeast then northward passing just west of Ireland.  A rapidly deepening low will develop over … Continue reading →

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