Early Monday morning, September 9 (3AM local time), Typhoon Faxai made landfall with maximum sustained 1-minute winds of 105 mph, a minimum central pressure of 955 mb in Chiba prefecture of the Kanto region of Japan, just east of Tokyo. An equivalent category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, Chiba is one of the stronger typhoons to hit Tokyo in recorded history. ... Continue Reading »
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Weather Sentinel: Hurricane Dorian Passing Outer Banks – Weekend Atlantic Canada Threat
Hurricane Dorian continued to move along the coast of the Carolinas over the last 24 hours, bringing heavy rainfall, storm surge and tropical storm to hurricane conditions for eastern portions of the Carolinas. Considerable tornado activity was also reported, with substantial damage to certain areas evident from initial media reports. Landfall occurred this morning as a ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Dorian Intensifies towards the Carolinas
Dorian regained major category 3 strength overnight as it tracks perilously close, if not over, the coast of the Carolinas this evening. If Dorian retains this strength to the coast, it will be the first category 3 hurricane to make landfall in the Carolinas since Fran in 1996. Peak perils of risk that carry high certainty include dangerous storm surge, heavy rainfall i ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Dorian Impacts Felt in the United States
Hurricane Dorian began a slow northwesterly track off of Grand Bahama Island on Tuesday afternoon, on a path paralleling the Florida Atlantic coastline. Hurricane force winds are remaining offshore of Florida, however storm surge and wave action along the coastline are causing significant beach erosion and flooding. The forecast for Dorian remains extremely challenging for ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Weakening Hurricane Dorian – Ongoing Threats
Hurricane Dorian has rendered exceptionally severe impacts to portions of the northwestern Bahamas over the last 36 hours. In the meantime the storm has since weakened to a strong category-2 hurricane, and has developed a slow northwesterly motion in recent hours. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) best forecast takes Dorian parallel and offshore of the Florida Atlantic coast ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Category 5 Dorian Labor Day Update
Historic category 5 Hurricane Dorian made landfall at Elbow Cay, Abacos, Bahamas with 185 mph maximum sustained winds, gusting to 220 mph. With catastrophic outcomes in the northern Bahamas, Dorian tied Wilma (2005) and Gilbert (1988) as the second strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic since 1850. The forecast continues to be a razor's edge for Florida while coastal ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Hurricane Dorian – Category 5 – Landfall in Bahamas, Impacts to US Still Uncertain
Hurricane Dorian strengthened to a category-5 hurricane overnight and is moving over Abaco Island on a slow path west toward the United States. The Northern Bahamas Islands are experiencing a storm surge of 15 to 20 feet above tide level in areas of onshore winds, coupled with destructive waves, rainfall in excess of 20 inches, and hurricane force winds. Much uncertainty ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Hurricane Dorian – Category 4 – Threat to Bahamas, Southeast United States
Hurricane Dorian is now a strong category-4 hurricane posing an imminent threat to the northwestern Bahamas, for the threat of potentially devastating winds, storm surge and heavy rainfall. For the longer term into next week, the track forecast depends on an expected turn to the north, and the exact timing and placement of this turn carries great uncertainty. The National ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Hurricane Dorian Gaining Strength on Path Toward Florida
Hurricane Dorian has continued to become better organized as it moves over deep ocean heat content, and has begun a slow predicted shift to the left toward Florida. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast remains largely unchanged from yesterday. The expectation is that large portions of the Bahamas and Florida will experience prolonged periods of hazardous weather ... Continue Reading »
Weather Sentinel: Hurricane Dorian – Confidence increasing for Florida landfall as a major hurricane
Weather models are raising confidence and concern that Hurricane Dorian will make an eastern Florida landfall as a major hurricane, between late Sunday and early Tuesday, of the coming Labor Day weekend. Several critical aspects of the forecast that are being analyzed to gain further confidence in Dorian's track and potential impact to Florida are discussed below. Additionally, ... Continue Reading »
