Tag Archives: Ocean Weather

East Coast Storm Update

A rapidly deepening storm low off the US East coast will develop storm to hurricane force winds (55-75 knots) within 150 NM west of the center this evening and Saturday as it moves towards the east-north east. Update 00 UTC … Continue reading

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Hurricane Force Storm forecast offshore US East Coast

A deepening low forecast off the US East Coast near Cape Hatteras by 1200 UTC 04 March will produce winds of 45 TO 60 KT by Friday morning increasing to hurricane force winds offshore later Friday into early Saturday.

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Intense TC Winston to affect the Islands of Fiji and Vanua Levu

TC Winston as of 21 UTC 19 February continues to move westward over the South Pacific about 164 NM east-northeast of Suva, Fiji, now with max winds of 145 knots. Winston is moving over very warm ocean water with additional … Continue reading

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Was the hurricane force storm off the US East Coast forecast correctly last weekend?

The 168,666 ton Anthem of the Seas departed Bayonne, New Jersey last Saturday  with about 4,500 guests and 1,600 crewmembers for a scheduled 7-day roundtrip to the Bahamas.  During Sunday the vessel was sailing southward to a schedule port call at Port Canaveral, … Continue reading

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Hurricane Force storm rapidly developing off US East Coast

A rapidly deepening storm low off the US East Coast will produce winds of 50-65 knots and seas to 11.5 meters (about 38 feet)during the next 18-36 hours. Update 02 UTC already at hurricane force winds.

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Intense Storms continue over North Pacific

A hurricane force storm currently over the eastern North Pacific is moving northeastward at 20 knots with winds 50-65 knots and seas to 11.5 meters (about 38 feet) within 100NM north and 300NM south of the center. A developing low … Continue reading

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Intense Storm Heads for English Channel Approaches

A developing storm low along the south coast of Newfoundland will deepen rapidly as it moves east-northeastward across the North Atlantic reaching hurricane force winds during the next 12-18 hours with winds reaching 50-70 knots and seas building up to … Continue reading

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Yet another hurricane force North Pacific Storm

A rapidly deepening storm low over the central North Pacific is moving northeast at 30 knots.  Currently winds are 50-65 knots between 120 and 360 south of the center. Forecast within 24 hours winds 50-70 knots and seas 8-14.5 meters … Continue reading

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Intense Storm over Northeastern North Atlantic

A large intense 948mb storm low over the northeastern North Atlantic is moving eastward with storm to hurricane force winds over the waters west of Ireland and Scotland.   Updated forecasts show significant wave heights of 12-18 meters (40-60 feet) … Continue reading

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Intense Storm off coast of Nova Scotia

Hurricane force storm low over the western North Atlantic (956MB)was producing winds of 50-65 knots with seas to 12 meters (about 38 feet) within 120NM south and southwest of the center at 00UTC 30 January 2016.

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