Category Archives: Ocean Weather

Top Tropical Cyclone Tracking Sites

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Fred Pickhardt

Now that the hurricane season is approaching, here are my thoughts on the best tropical  cyclone  tracking sites: Continue reading →

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Catastrophic Cat 5 Otis makes landfall near Acapulco

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Major Hurricane Otis continued to strengthen until near the time of landfall in southern Mexico near Acapulco, reaching a catastrophic Category 5 with max wind of 145 kts (165 mph).  Continue reading →

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Hurricane Otis nearing Cat 5 Strength

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Hurricane Otis is undergoing very rapid development with max winds currently at 125 kts with a min pressure of 941 mb and significant wave heights estimated 12-13 meters (40-43 feet) as it moves NNW at 7 kts. Continue reading →

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Tropical Storm Otis continues to Develop south of Acapulco

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Storm Otis continues to become better organized SSE of Acapulco, Mexico as it moves NNW at 7 kts. Max winds now at 60 kts with significant wave heights estimated near 7 meters (23 ft). Continue reading →

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Tropical Cyclone Lola over South Pacific has reached max winds of 120 knots

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Cyclone Lola over the South Pacific NNE of Port Vila, Vanuatu has intensified to 120 kt max winds with significant wave heights to 15-15.5 meters (about 50 ft) Continue reading →

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Tropical Cyclone Hamoon rapidly deepened over Bay of Bengal

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Cyclone 06B (Hamoon) has deepened rapidly over the Bay of Bengal today and now has reached a max wind of 70 kts Continue reading →

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Hurricane Tammy passing near Guadeloupe

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Hurricane Tammy is located just ESE of Guadeloupe but remains a small storm with max winds of 75 kts and radius of hurricane force winds extending out from the center only 10-20 nm. Continue reading →

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Tropical Storm Norma Strengthens over Eastern Pacific

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Storm Norma over the eastern North Pacific appears to be strengthening with max winds now up to 60 knots as it moves NNW at 6 kts.  Continue reading →

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Typhoon Koinu has rapidly strengthened southeast of Taiwan

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Typhoon Koinu has intensified rapidly southeast of Taiwan with max winds now to 110 kts and significant wave heights to 10.5 meters (34-35 ft). Typhoon force winds extend outward 85 nm to the southeast, 45 nm to the northeast and 55-65 nm to the west.  Continue reading →

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High Waves Pound South Africa’s Coastline

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

High waves of 7-9.5 meters (23 to 31 feet) crashed into parts of South Africa’s coastline over the weekend, generated by a 952 mb storm low to the south. Continue reading →

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