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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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