Hurricane Paloma

sirpsycho

Last potential for a hurricane for this season?

Wunderground think it may be another:
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at200113.asp

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW WITH A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH FORECAST ON FRIDAY.

sirpsycho

Shot up to tropical storm Paloma now over night.

Current sat pic:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/nexdat/CONUS/focus_regions/NW_Atlantic/Caribbean/vis_ir_background/goes_lowcloud/20081106.0915.goes_12.visir.bckgr.NW_Atlantic_Caribbean.NGT.jpg

The latest pic will always appear at this link:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/nexdat/CONUS/focus_regions/NW_Atlantic/Caribbean/vis_ir_background/goes_lowcloud/CURRENT.jpg

Cayman Islands blog
http://micho.org/cayblog/

sirpsycho

Wow, reached cat1 pretty quickly. Cayman Islands gonna get washed away

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. PALOMA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY AND PALOMA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE LATER TODAY...AND POSSIBLY REACH CATEGORY 3
INTENSITY BY SATURDAY.

sirpsycho

cat4 135mph now :eek:

Snowbie

http://www.irlweather.com/wxtropical.php

Seems to have reached it's peak now at 140mph Cat4
It could encounter wind shear soon and begin to weaken it but it could still make landfall as a strong Cat2, possibly Cat3?

Wertz

Might be a bit early to say but looks like once it clears the carib, that the gulf stream may carry any remnants our way by next w/e. Not basing this on anything but speculation though...

Mullaghteelin

The following is a quote from the National Hurricane Center:

ATTENTION REMAINS FOCUSED ON HURRICANE PALOMA WHICH MADE
LANDFALL EARLY THIS EVENING NEAR SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR IN THE
PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY CUBA. SEE SPECIAL FEATURES ABOVE. SEVENTY
SIX YEARS AGO...A POWERFUL AND DEADLY HURRICANE HIT THE SAME
AREA. THIS WAS THE INFAMOUS 1932 CUBA HURRICANE. IT MADE
LANDFALL IN EASTERN CUBA NEAR SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR LATER IN THE
MORNING OF NOVEMBER 9 AS AT LEAST A CATEGORY 4 ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE KILLING UP TO 3000 PEOPLE MAINLY DUE TO THE
STORM SURGE. THIS MADE IT ONE OF THE DEADLIEST HURRICANE OF THE
20TH CENTURY. CUBAN RADAR PRESENTLY INDICATES THAT EYE-WALL OF
HURRICANE PALOMA IS OVER THE SOUTH COAST OF CAMAGUEY WITH HEAVY
RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THIS PROVINCE. THE CITY OF CAMAGUEY IS
CURRENTLY REPORTING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 KT.
PALOMA IS RAPIDLY WEAKENING DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF INCREASING
VERTICAL WINDS AND THE INTERACTION WITH LAND. THE FACT THAT
THREE MAJOR HURRICANES HIT CUBA THIS SEASON...GUSTAV...IKE AND
PALOMA...WILL PROBABLY BE A NEW RECORD.

Wertz wrote: »

Might be a bit early to say but looks like once it clears the carib, that the gulf stream may carry any remnants our way by next w/e. Not basing this on anything but speculation though...

Whatever will be left of Paloma several days from now is still expected to be hanging around near Florida, so its not expected to come anwhere near us. There is however a separate disturbance SW of the Azores which may form into a subtropical storm over the next couple of days. That may have a better chance of coming our way.