EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 MICHAEL INTENSIFYING

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LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ALONG THE NE GULF COAST  –NHC

MICHAEL is currently a Cat. 4Ag hurricane on FEWW New Hurricane Scale

SUMMARY OF STATUS AS OF 04:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC) –NHC
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LOCATION: 28.3N, 86.5W
ABOUT 140 MI (225 KM) SSW OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA
ABOUT 130 MI (215KM) SSW OF APALACHICOLA
MOVEMENT: N OR 360 DEGREES AT 13 MPH (20 KM/H)
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 140 MPH (220 KM/H)
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 943 MB (27.85 INCHES)

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HURRICANE MICHAEL CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN – Update #3

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LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, HURRICANE FORCE WINDS, AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST –NHC

MICHAEL is currently a cat. 3Cg hurricane on FEWW New Hurricane Scale

SUMMARY OF STATUS AS OF 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)- NHC
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LOCATION: 27.1N 86.5W
ABOUT 220 MI (355 KM) SSW OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA
ABOUT 200 MI (325 KM) SSW OF APALACHICOLA
MOVEMENT: N  OR 355 DEGREES AT 12 MPH (19 KM/H)
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 125 MPH (205 KM/H)
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 947 MB (27.97 INCHES)

 

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113MPH Winds Leave 79,000 Scotland Homes Without Power

Scotland battered by severe storm, winds gusting to 113mph

The storm has severely disrupted travel across the country, cutting power to more than 79,000 homes.

The UK Met Office has issued Yellow warnings for severe weather across multiple regions.

Regions affected by Yellow warnings:

Central, Tayside & Fife, East Midlands, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, North East England, North West England, Northern Ireland, Orkney & Shetland, SW Scotland, Lothian Borders, Strathclyde, West Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber

A total of 67 flood Warnings and Alerts are in force for Scotland, England and Wales, as of posting.

Gusts of 70mph are expected in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Met Office has issued multiple warnings for snow, rain, high wind and ice.

Killer Sandstorm Engulfs Iran’s Capital

EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATIC EVENTS
MAJOR SANDSTORM
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Mega Sandstorm Whipped by Hurricane-force Winds Kills 6, Injures 30 in Tehran

At least 6 people were killed and more than 30 others injured after a freak sandstorm, whipped by winds of about 110 km/h, engulfed large parts of the Iranian capital.

Three of the victims died as the uprooted tree fell on them and another person fell down from a rooftop, AP reported an official as saying.

At least 6 people were killed and more than 30 others injured after a major sandstorm engulfed the Iranian capital, Tehran.  Photo dated Monday, June 2, 2014. (Photo credit: Xinhua/Hemmat Khahi). More photos…

The freak storm knocked down trees and cut power and phone lines, plunging the capital into darkness during the afternoon rush hour.

Temperatures plunged from 33°C to 18°C, said the state media.

 

Rick Strengthens to Cat 5 Hurricane

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Rick Intensifies to a Ferocious Category 5 Hurricane Near Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Rick is now an extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane headed toward Baja California peninsula.

Satellite imagery indicates that Rick has maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

A Category 5 hurricane, the highest on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, Rick could cause catastrophic damage in its path and beyond.

As of posting, Rick is about 370km (230 miles) south of Manzanillo, Mexico, and threatens to turn toward the Mexican coast on Tuesday, pummeling Baja California by early Thursday, on to mainland Mexico to dump an unprecedented amount of rain.

Rick is the  seventh hurricane of the season in eastern north Pacific.

GOES Northern Hemisphere Composite SECTOR IR Image

Hurricane Rick  at Cat 5  Strength – Northern Hemisphere Composite Sector (IR Ch 4) – still image dated as inset. Click image to enlarge and update.

Unenhanced satellite image of Rick at Cat 5 strength showing textbook eye and near-perfect symmetry

Hurricane Rick – Cat 5 – Still image – Dated as inset. Click image to enlarge and update.

Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Track Forecast Cone

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Tropical Storm Force Wind Speed Probabilities – 120 Hours

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GOES Full Disk East IR- Still image. Click image to enlarge and update. [Images are updated every three (3) hours.]

Other Images of Rick

Hurricane Rick – Cat 5 – AVNColor enhancement-  Still image – Dated as inset. Click image to enlarge and update.

NOAA Polar Mapped Mosaic Composites Showing Typhoon Lupit and Hurricane Rick

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Other Satellite Images

GOES Satellite: East Pacific :  Hurricane Rick(EP20)

• Visible  Image – Java – Flash
• IR AVN  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Shortwave  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Dvorak*  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Unenhanced  Image – Java – Flash
• IR JSL  Image – Java – Flash
• IR RGB  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Funktop  Image – Java – Flash
• IR Rainbow  Image – Java – Flash
• Water Vapor  Image – Java – Flash

Additional Images:

• FEWW Satellite Imagery List

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