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Hurricane Bud Forecast to weaken

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Fred Pickhardt

Hurricane Bud reached peak intensity around 0600 UTC with a max wind of about 110 knots as it moved towards the northwest at about 5 knots. Hurricane Bud is forecast move in a north-northwestward direction for the next 36 hours … Continue reading →

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North Atlantic Cooling will affect the Hurricane Season

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Fred Pickhardt

The main tropical development area for the North Atlantic continues to cool relative to recent averages suggesting a stronger than normal Bermuda-Azores ridge. When this high pressure ridge is stronger or displaced west, as it appears to be now, tropical storm … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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What is the weather like cruising the Caribbean in October?

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

October is an excellent month to cruise the Caribbean Sea.  Generally, winds are light to moderate coming primarily from the east and averaging 7-16 knots with the risk for encountering gale force or higher winds are 1 percent or less.  … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Maria update: 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC) Sun Sep 24 2017

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has reduced the max winds of Maria to 90 knots (105 mph) which is a Cat 2 storm, based on the latest information from the NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft. The minimum pressure … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Maria Update

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Hurricane Maria at 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC) Thu Sep 21 2017 Maria has a large 40 nm wide eye and max winds of about 100 knots (115mph). Hurricane force winds extent outward 40-50 NM while 50 knot (58mph) or … Continue reading →

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Cat 5 Hurricane Maria bears done on Puerto Rico

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Hurricane Maria at 5 PM EDT (2100 UTC) has continued to strengthen with max winds now at 145 knots (165 mph) and with a central pressure of 916 mb.  Maria was moving towards the west-northwest (300 degrees) at 9 knots … Continue reading →

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New Hurricane threat for Leeward and Virgin Islands

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

A developing tropical disturbance over the central tropical North Atlantic is forecast to become a tropical depression or a tropical storm today so tropical storm watches have been issued for portions of the Leeward Islands. Max winds are currently estimated to … Continue reading →

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