{"id":1756,"date":"2018-02-24T20:27:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T01:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2018-02-24T20:31:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T01:31:06","slug":"second-major-storm-in-a-week-to-affect-atlantic-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/24\/second-major-storm-in-a-week-to-affect-atlantic-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Second  Major Storm in a Week to Affect Atlantic Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1757\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1757\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1757\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-4-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-4-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-4-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-4-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl1-4.png 1560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA OPC Surface Analysis 1800 UTC 24 Feb 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A rapidly deepening major storm low is forecast to move southeastward from just south of Newfoundland Saturday to west-northwest of the Azores over the next 48 hours.\u00a0 Winds are forecast to increase to 50-65 knots with seas building to 13 meters (42 feet) southwest of the center during the next 24 hours and 55-75 knots with seas to 15\u00a0 meters (50 feet) west of the center within 48 hours.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1759\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1759\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1759\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-1-1024x658.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-1-1024x658.png 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-1-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-1-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl2-1.png 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA OPC Surface Forcecast 1200UTC 26 Feb 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1762\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1762\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1762\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl3-2-1024x652.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl3-2-1024x652.gif 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl3-2-300x191.gif 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/atl3-2-768x489.gif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA OPC Significant Wave Forecast for 1200UTC 26 Feb 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This will be a dangerous hurricane-force storm as it will\u00a0 be moving through some of the main trans-Atlantic shipping lanes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0 was less than\u00a0 a week ago when another major\u00a0 storm moved\u00a0 through this part of the North Atlantic producing winds to 75 knots and seas to 19 meters (62 feet).\u00a0 \u00a0 See\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/20\/north-atlantic-hurricane-force-storm-affecting-main-shipping-lanes\/\">http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/20\/north-atlantic-hurricane-force-storm-affecting-main-shipping-lanes\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rapidly deepening major storm low is forecast to move southeastward from just south of Newfoundland Saturday to west-northwest of the Azores over the next 48 hours.\u00a0 Winds are forecast to increase to 50-65 knots with seas building to 13 &hellip; 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