Tag Archives: Wave height

Super Typhoon Bolaven Rapidly Intensifies

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

Super Typhoon Bolaven has intensified rapidly over the western North Pacific northwest of Guam with max winds increasing from 80 knots to 140 knots during the past 12 hours Continue reading →

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Winter Hurricane Force Storm over North Atlantic

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Fred Pickhardt

During the next 18-24 hours the storm deepened rapidly to a 944 mb storm east of Cape Race with winds of 60-80 knots and significant wave heights of up to 14.5 meters (48 ft) within 240-300 nm south and west of the center. Continue reading →

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Heavy swell expected off South Africa

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Fred Pickhardt

Heavy swell expected off South Africa Continue reading →

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Case Study: Marine Weather Reconstruction, Arabian Sea

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

I was asked to review a marine weather analysis report of conditions in the northern Arabian Sea, east of Socotra Island during July of 2008 that was presented by a weather consulting company on behalf of cargo interests. Continue reading →

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Tampa Bay Hurricane Storm Surge Scenarios

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

While no storm scenario is a good one for the Tampa Bay area, the worst case is when the hurricane center is located north of the Tampa Bay entrance such that the maximum winds associated with the eye wall occur at the mouth of the bay with storms making landfall farther north result in lower surges. Continue reading →

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Two Major North Atlantic Hurricane-force Storms Expected

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

Two major hurricane-force storm lows are forecast to develop and move across the North Atlantic during the next 72 hours producing winds up to 80 knots and significant wave heights to 17 meters (over 55 feet)!  Continue reading →

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Hurricane-Force Storm NW of Ireland

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

An intense winter storm over the eastern North Atlantic northwest of Ireland has been producing hurricane-force winds with significant wave heights to 16 meters (52 feet) west of Ireland.

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Intense Hurricane-Force Storm developing east of Japan

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low over the western North Pacific east of Japan is forecast to reach 944 mb with winds of 55-75 knots and seas building to 58 feet (17.7 meters) over the next 12-24 hours.

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Hurricane Force storms over North Atlantic Shipping Lanes

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A strong 500 mb jet is setting up west to east across the North Atlantic over the next couple of days near 40N latitude. This will favor strong storm development across the main North Atlantic shipping lanes.  Expecting storm to … Continue reading →

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HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING…NORTH PACIFIC

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low over the central North Pacific near 40 N Latitude will result in winds of 50-65 knots and seas building to 45 feet (nearly 14 meters) south and southwest of the center over the next 24-48 … Continue reading →

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