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Hurricane Force Storm forecast off USEC

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low moving off the Middle Atlantic Coast early Thursday will cause storm to hurricane force winds from 60 to 120 NM west of the center and 120 NM southeast of a line from within 24 hours … Continue reading →

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932 MB Hurricane Force Storm Eastern North Atlantic

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

  As of 0600 UTC 06 February, an intense hurricane force 932MB low was moving northward over the eastern North Atlantic is producing storm force winds outward 350-450 NM of the center and hurricane force winds (up to 80 knots) … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force Storm to affect westbound North Atlantic Shipping

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

  A developing 1017 mb off the US East Coast will move northeast and deepen rapidly over the next 48-72 hours with winds reaching storm to hurricane force within the next 36-48 hours then deepening to 936 mb in 72 … Continue reading →

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Stormy Eastern North Atlantic

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

  An intense storm low over the eastern North Atlantic with storm to hurricane force winds and seas to 14 meters (46 feet) will turn northeast then northward passing just west of Ireland.  A rapidly deepening low will develop over … Continue reading →

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Rapidly developing hurricane force storm off US East Coast

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

The low pressure center that moved off the US East Coast will deepen rapidly producing Storm to hurricane force winds (50-75 knots) with seas building 24-52 feet (about 7-16 meters) south of the center during the next 48 hours.  This … Continue reading →

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West Pacific stormtracks may delay westbound shipping

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Strong Arctic high pressure building over Siberia eastward will suppress stormtracks far to the south across the western North Pacific during the next several days.  This will likely result in delays to west-bound traffic from the Panama Canal to Far … Continue reading →

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Strong High Pressure block building over Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Fred Pickhardt

Just as there is currently a strong blocking high pressure over the northeastern North Atlantic, so is there a building high block over the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska shunting lows far to the south in the eastern North … Continue reading →

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Strong High Pressure over Northeast Atlantic

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Fred Pickhardt

Strong high pressure during the next couple of days over the northeastern North Atlantic will drift slowly towards the S-SE keeping low pressure systems near or southward of 40N latitude.  This will open up an opportunity for great circle weather … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force Storm over Western North Pacific

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Fred Pickhardt

Dec. 15th 2016 1200UTC: An intense 949 MB hurricane force storm low over the Western North Pacific is moving northeastward towards the Bering Sea with winds of 50-70 knots and seas 30-50 feet (about 9-15 meters). See NOAA Video regarding … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force North Pacific Storm

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly intensifying storm low is forecast over the Central and Eastern North Pacific within 48 hours with winds of 50-70 knots and significant wave heights up to 36 feet (11 meters) within 180 NM south and southwest of the … Continue reading →

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