Hey everyone,
The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season animation is out now; featuring hurricanes Beryl, Debby, Helene and Milton.
Catch it here:
https://t.co/4d8ygFD8L3
Update: The ATCF has now been override to 140 knots; making #Bolaven a #Category5 super #typhoon according to the JTWC in the next update. A last minute change that may save them from the bashing, but at first glance the storm is likely around 145-150 knots in strength.
Remarkable on how an agency thinks this is 135 knots. I've only just woken up, but this certainly isn't "135". Yet another in the long list of things that the JTWC has done wrong this year, with the worst being Saola.
#bolaven#typhoonbolaven
#Lee got hit hard by wind shear despite the aggressive forecasts days ago as it currently remains a weak major #hurricane. It is expected to strengthen again.
#Margot and #Jova also veer to the sea, with the former expected to become a minor hurricane.
#OTD in 1987, Typhoon Holly peaked out to sea, and well.. This storm is among the most underestimated storms the last time I checked in a server.
What I can talk about though is how beautiful it looks even with the lack of images outside the HURSAT database.
📸 Digital Typhoon
#Hurricane#Lee weakens to a #Category4 after getting hit with shear; on the other hand, #Jova has a satisfying structure despite being weaker than before. Margot is still alive, just very slightly weaker.
One more pic looking up in the eye of #HurricaneLee this evening as we turned outbound on the final pass. Dunno what the height of the top was but it was up there.
#Lee puts on a show to become a powerful #Category5#hurricane, as back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes in the west take over the tropics.
#Margot was also named, while #Jova, another hurricane that attained Category 5 status yesterday, spirals to its demise.
Today in the tropics:
- Jova explodes to become the first Category 5 hurricane in the Pacific since Willa in 2018, as well as the strongest since Patricia.
- Lee continues to organise.
- Yun-yeung nears landfall.
Today in the tropics:
- Yun-yeung has very likely broken the typhoon streak at this rate.
- Jova continues to clear an eye while Lee is also on the cusp of hurricane status.
#OTD in 1983,
Typhoon Ellen (known as Herming in the Philippines) reached peak intensity near the Philippines and would eventually crash into Macau. Many fishermen went missing, though confirmed deaths remained at 23.
#OTD in 2017,
A buzzsaw-like #HurricaneIrma prepares to churn through the #Caribbean islands; all that, at almost 4 days as a Category 5.
📸 SSEC and FEMA
88 years ago, #Florida Keys would be devastated by a bizarre #hurricane like no other. This single storm would eventually become the most intense hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the US.
Catch the track animation here:
https://t.co/j9sKwnUTio