Monthly Archives: October 2017

Dangerous West Pacific Storm Developing

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

  Post-Tropical Hurricane Force Storm Lan will move rapidly northeast and transfer its energy to a developing storm low that will move towards the southwestern Bering Sea and western Aleutian islands.       This developing storm will deepen very … Continue reading →

Posted in Ocean Storms | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Intense Hurricane Force North Atlantic Storm

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

An intense 947mb hurricane force storm low over North Atlantic well east of Newfoundland is moving northeast at 15 knots.  Currently winds of 65-85 knots extend outward 120 NM south of the center with seas to 40 feet (about 12 … Continue reading →

Posted in Ocean Storms | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Super Typhoon Lan approaching Japan

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Super Typhoon Lan at 1200 UTC 21 October was center about 307 NM east-southeast of Kadena Air Force Base on Okinawa, Japan and was moving N-NE at 16 knots with max winds up to 130 knots.  Lan has a large … Continue reading →

Posted in Ocean Storms, Tropical Cyclones | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Super Typhoon possible over western Pacific

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Storm Lan over the western North Pacific about 186 NM northwest of Kyangel was moving slowly towards the northeast with max winds of 55 knots.  Wind shear is low, ocean temperatures are very warm at 30 C to 31 … Continue reading →

Posted in Ocean Storms, Tropical Cyclones | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Hurricane Nate Saturday Update

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Hurricane Nate continues to intensify over the warm Gulf of Mexico as it moves rapidly toward the north-northwest at 23 knots (26 mph). Currently max winds are 80 knots (90 mph)but conditions appear favorable for Nate to continue strengthening for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ocean Storms, Tropical Cyclones | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tropical Storm Nate Upate

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Storm Nate is poorly organized with max winds of about 45 knots (50 mph) located 50 nm from the center and was moving just west of north at 18 knots. Nate is expected to move quickly north-northwestward for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ocean Storms, Tropical Cyclones | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment