NATE (Fifteen)

billy the squid

Belting to the west at a mind bogglingly fast 2 miles per hour.



Advisory
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/060259.shtml

NHC Advisory Map
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT15/refresh/AL1505W5+gif/030622W_sm.gif

i suppse it could gain power as it enters warmer territories!

billy the squid

you only have to look at how far north Maria is and she has developed into a category three hurricane. Nate has plenty of room to get stronger. the ontly thing that could slow it down really is unfriendly upper level winds which would prevent it from developing.

However, I dont think this was expected to become a named storm by its second advisory, so Nate might have a surprise in story for the people of Bermuda or if it stays on a northerly path, Mainland USA.

its also worth noting that the slow moving ones can be the nastiest, remember francis sitting off the coast of Florida for what seemed like an age last year.

oops i thought you were being sarcastic in your original post!my bad!

billy the squid

Deleted User wrote:

oops i thought you were being sarcastic in your original post!my bad!

sorry for the misunderstanding.

just slow moving storms are not all that common.

when was the last level5 hurricane to hit mainland america?

billy the squid

Hurricane Emily in July of 2005 was blowing at a speed of 155mph, which is one mpile per hour short of category five status.

I would have to look it up, if you want to see if you can find it here is a list of every tropical storm since 1856 with maps of their tracks

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/

deadly thanks billy!i was always interested in hurricanes,tornadoes etc

billy the squid

found the answer to your question, last Cat 5 to hit the US was Camile

yeah i had googled it!but didnt get the map!was watching a documentary on rte2 a while back and they had a man in a wind tunnel in category5 winds.he was bolted to the ground and it was amazing how the wind was changing his facial features!it looked like he had a face lift.

LFCFan

was Katrina a Category 5?

It was a few mph short of cat 5 when it hit land-so officially a cat 4.
It was a cat 5 for a while when out at sea in the gulf.
Katrina was huge in terms of its geographical area though.

billy the squid

Radar - Bermuda
http://www.weather.bm/radar.asp

they must be easy going people, they have three tropical storms around them and they havent yet issued any tropical storm watches.

something bound to show up here for nate over the next few days.

maquiladora

It is starting to look like Nate will not have any affect on the US, it's another fish storm... :

billy the squid

according to the latest advisory, Nate is now a cat one hurricane.

maquiladora

Ireland will be feeling the affect of the remains of Nate next Wednesday

billy the squid

the two lows shown in this UKMET fax are what are left of Maria and Nate

http://217.160.176.95/wz/pics/brack4.gif

would make for a rough day if it were to come to pass.

is_that_so

Ireland will be feeling the affect of the remains of Nate next Wednesday

So what does that mean? Another few days of strong winds and lots of rain or will it get really wild?

maquiladora

is_that_so wrote:

So what does that mean? Another few days of strong winds and lots of rain or will it get really wild?

Too early to forecast. Might be nasty.

billy the squid

As of the 21Z NHC advisory, Nate has been reclassified as a tropical storm.

at most it will make for a wet few days but unless the UKMET FAX predictions come to pass, there will be nothing in it for us with this soon-to-be extratropical storm.

billy the squid

Nate continues on its merry way accross the atlantic, It hasn't lost any intensity at this time according to the 03Z advisory.

How this system interacts with Maria remains to be seen. but some of the models suggest that the north east of ireland might be in for some bad weather in the coming week.

whyulittle

Is this still heading in our direction? Very blustery today.

fatherdougalmag

Well looking at the most recent reading for 'N4 Collooney Bypass' on the NRA website would suggest it

       Location          Time(24Hr)     Air Temp   Road Temp    Road State   Humidity  Windspeed  Wind Direction 
 N4 Collooney Bypass   Sep 13, 20:04 Not available  18.9° C.   Not available     86%   [b][COLOR=Red]173.8 km/h[/COLOR][/b]   Northerly 

maquiladora

Very windy in Waterford right now.