{"id":3733,"date":"2023-10-24T20:53:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2023-10-24T20:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T01:53:23","slug":"hurricane-otis-nearing-cat-5-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/24\/hurricane-otis-nearing-cat-5-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Otis nearing Cat 5 Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3734\" style=\"width: 1221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tcsat-7.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3734\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3734\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tcsat-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1211\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tcsat-7.png 1211w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tcsat-7-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tcsat-7-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tcsat-7-768x563.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1211px) 100vw, 1211px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA IR Satellite Image Hurricane Otis<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurricane Otis is undergoing very rapid development with max winds currently at 125 kts with a min pressure of 941 mb and significant wave heights estimated 12-13 meters (40-43 feet) as it moves NNW at 7 kts. Otis is a small but powerful storm with hurricane force winds extending outward 20-25 nm and 50 knot winds outward 30-40 nm \u00a0 Otis is forecast to peak near 140 kts (Cat 5) tonight, prior to landfall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3735\" style=\"width: 888px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tctrack-5.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3735\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3735\" src=\"http:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tctrack-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tctrack-5.png 878w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tctrack-5-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tctrack-5-768x632.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NHC Forecast Track for Hurricane Otis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otis is forecast to be a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane when it reaches the southern coast of Mexico late tonight or early Wednesday. Heavy rains from Otis will continue to impact areas of southwest Mexico this week.\u00a0 This rainfall will produce flash and urban\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flooding, along with mudslides in areas of higher terrain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Hurricane Warning is in effect for&#8230;\u00a0 Punta Maldonado westward to Zihuatanejo<\/p>\n<p>A Hurricane Watch is in effect for&#8230;\u00a0 Lagunas de Chacahua to Punta Maldonado<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_ep3.shtml?start#contents\">Latest NHC Advisory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/maritime-weather-experts\/\"><b>Ocean Weather Services<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Otis is undergoing very rapid development with max winds currently at 125 kts with a min pressure of 941 mb and significant wave heights estimated 12-13 meters (40-43 feet) as it moves NNW at 7 kts. <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/24\/hurricane-otis-nearing-cat-5-strength\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[186,169,3,167,10],"tags":[27,189,19,5,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3737,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions\/3737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceanweatherservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}