{"id":1692,"date":"2018-02-17T17:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T22:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2018-02-18T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T17:57:06","slug":"update-dangerous-north-atlantic-hurricane-force-storm-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/17\/update-dangerous-north-atlantic-hurricane-force-storm-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Dangerous North Atlantic Hurricane Force Storm Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1693\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1693\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1693\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-1-300x254.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-1-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-1-768x650.png 768w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-1-1024x867.png 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-1.png 1087w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA OPC Surface Forecast Chart for 1800 UTC 18 Feb. 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Atlantic Storm Update<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A rapidly deepening storm low is forecast off the USEC Sunday morning then tracks ENE to East with winds reaching 55-70 knots and seas to 10 meters (33 feet) by 1800 UTC 18<sup>th<\/sup> and winds off 60-75 knots and seas to 16 meters (52 feet) possible by 0000 UTC 20<sup>th<\/sup> over the Central North Atlantic.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shipping Threat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The forecast for a relatively southerly storm track will cause issues for ship traffic between North Europe and Mediterranean ports to US East and Gulf Coast ports.\u00a0 This system should be considered a dangerous storm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1698\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1698\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1698\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-1024x652.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-1024x652.gif 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-300x191.gif 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-768x489.gif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA OPC Significant Wave Forcecast 20th 0000UTC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more information about storms like this, please read <a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/featured_blog_posts\/the_other_hurricane_season\">&#8220;The Other Hurricane Season&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlantic Storm Update A rapidly deepening storm low is forecast off the USEC Sunday morning then tracks ENE to East with winds reaching 55-70 knots and seas to 10 meters (33 feet) by 1800 UTC 18th and winds off 60-75 &hellip; 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