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Hurricane-Force Storm expected over Gulf of Alaska

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Fred Pickhardt

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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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North Atlantic Storm to trigger Gulf of Lion gale to storm winds

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

Earlier today a hurricane-force storm system west and north of of Ireland was producing storm to hurricane force winds and seas to 15 meters (49 ft).   This system will trigger gale to storm force winds over the Gulf of … 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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Typhoon Developing over western North Pacific

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

Tropical Storm Kammuri over the western North Pacific SW of Guam has been moving west at 12 knots and is moving over warm ocean water with low wind shear.    Max winds currently at 55 knots is forecast to intensify … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Force Storm expected along US West Coast

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening storm low is forecast to develop over the eastern North Pacific by early Tuesday moving east-southeastward reaching the US West Coast by Tuesday evening with winds of 55-70 knots and seas building up to 38 feet (11.6 … Continue reading →

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North Atlantic Hurricane Force Storm Warning

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

A deepening complex low will move east-northeastward across the Labrador Sea with winds of 50-65 knots developing south and west of the system and wave height building up to 50 feet (over 15 meters) over the next 24-48 hours. 

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Typhoon Fengsen moves north over western North Pacific

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Fred Pickhardt

Typhoon Fengsen, over the western North Pacific currently S-SE of Iwo To is moving northward at 14 knots with max winds of 110 knots and max significant wave heights to 50 feet (about 15 meters). Fengsen is forecast to turn … Continue reading →

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