Hurricane Earl’s eye passes right over Bouy 41046,
Guest post by:
William Schmitz
Service Climatologist/Meteorologist
UNC-Chapel Hill Geography Department
Southeast Regional Climate Center
This Morning at about 3:50am Earl Passed right over the E Bahamas Buoy…
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41046
Take a look at the Data Table below and Notice the Wind Direction Change from 3:50 am to 4:50am..
Take a look at how the Wind Speeds Dropped from the 2:50am ob. and back up at 4:50am
Also take a look at the 3:50am Pressure 27.85. It matches up nicely with the 2am NHC Advisory Pressure:
SUMMARY OF 200 AM AST…0600 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…23.5N 70.7W
ABOUT 145 MI…235 KM NNE OF GRAND TURK ISLAND
ABOUT 860 MI…1385 KM SSE OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…135 MPH…215 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 15 MPH…24 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…942 MB…27.82 INCHES
The Fastest Wind Gust Happened at 640 UTC or 2:40am EDT and it peaked at 45 m/s or 100.66 mph.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/5day2/41046_5day.cwind
|
MM |
DD |
TIME |
|
WDIR |
WSPD |
GST |
WVHT |
DPD |
APD |
MWD |
PRES |
PTDY |
ATMP |
WTMP |
DEWP |
SAL |
VIS |
TIDE |
|
09 |
01 |
6:50 am |
|
SSW |
50.5 |
64.1 |
– |
10 |
– |
– |
28.97 |
+1.12 |
77.2 |
82.2 |
76.1 |
– |
– |
– |
|
09 |
01 |
5:50 am |
|
SSW |
54.4 |
68.0 |
– |
8 |
– |
– |
28.61 |
+0.48 |
78.6 |
82.6 |
77.2 |
– |
– |
– |
|
09 |
01 |
4:50 am |
|
SW |
48.6 |
60.2 |
– |
11 |
– |
– |
28.05 |
-0.54 |
79.7 |
82.8 |
78.3 |
– |
– |
– |
|
09 |
01 |
3:50 am |
|
NE |
15.5 |
25.3 |
44.6 |
14 |
10.3 |
E |
27.85 |
-1.10 |
80.8 |
82.8 |
78.8 |
– |
– |
– |
|
09 |
01 |
2:50 am |
|
NNE |
66.0 |
83.5 |
48.6 |
15 |
10.6 |
ESE |
28.13 |
-1.09 |
77.9 |
83.1 |
77.5 |
– |
– |
– |
|
09 |
01 |
1:50 am |
|
N |
64.1 |
79.6 |
41.7 |
11 |
10.6 |
NNE |
28.59 |
-0.78 |
77.4 |
83.7 |
76.6 |
– |
– |
– |
|
09 |
01 |
12:50 am |
|
N |
58.3 |
73.8 |
37.7 |
17 |
10.4 |
ESE |
28.95 |
-0.54 |
76.1 |
84.0 |
75.0 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
11:50 pm |
|
N |
52.4 |
66.0 |
33.8 |
15 |
10.0 |
SE |
29.22 |
-0.34 |
76.1 |
84.2 |
74.1 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
10:50 pm |
|
NNE |
46.6 |
56.3 |
29.2 |
11 |
9.4 |
E |
29.38 |
-0.20 |
77.0 |
84.6 |
74.1 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
9:50 pm |
|
NNE |
42.7 |
58.3 |
28.5 |
16 |
9.7 |
SE |
29.49 |
-0.14 |
80.1 |
84.7 |
71.8 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
8:50 pm |
|
NE |
38.9 |
48.6 |
28.2 |
11 |
9.5 |
E |
29.56 |
-0.09 |
80.6 |
84.7 |
72.0 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
7:50 pm |
|
NE |
38.9 |
50.5 |
24.3 |
15 |
9.1 |
SE |
29.58 |
-0.09 |
81.5 |
84.9 |
73.0 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
6:50 pm |
|
NE |
36.9 |
42.7 |
24.9 |
15 |
9.0 |
ESE |
29.62 |
-0.08 |
81.3 |
85.1 |
72.7 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
5:50 pm |
|
ENE |
38.9 |
52.4 |
25.9 |
16 |
9.1 |
ESE |
29.65 |
-0.09 |
79.2 |
85.1 |
73.4 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
4:50 pm |
|
NE |
31.1 |
38.9 |
21.7 |
12 |
8.6 |
ESE |
29.67 |
-0.10 |
82.0 |
85.3 |
71.6 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
3:50 pm |
|
ENE |
35.0 |
42.7 |
17.4 |
12 |
8.0 |
ESE |
29.70 |
-0.10 |
82.9 |
85.3 |
71.2 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
2:50 pm |
|
ENE |
29.1 |
36.9 |
17.1 |
11 |
8.0 |
E |
29.74 |
-0.09 |
83.7 |
85.3 |
73.0 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
1:50 pm |
|
NE |
27.2 |
33.0 |
15.7 |
11 |
7.8 |
E |
29.77 |
-0.06 |
83.5 |
85.3 |
73.8 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
12:50 pm |
|
NE |
25.3 |
31.1 |
15.4 |
13 |
7.9 |
ESE |
29.81 |
-0.04 |
82.8 |
85.3 |
71.4 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
11:50 am |
|
NE |
27.2 |
33.0 |
17.1 |
11 |
8.4 |
ENE |
29.83 |
-0.01 |
80.6 |
85.5 |
73.2 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
10:50 am |
|
NE |
25.3 |
29.1 |
14.8 |
16 |
8.2 |
SE |
29.83 |
+0.00 |
84.7 |
85.5 |
76.6 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
9:50 am |
|
NE |
23.3 |
29.1 |
14.4 |
16 |
7.9 |
SE |
29.84 |
+0.01 |
84.2 |
85.5 |
76.3 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
8:50 am |
|
NE |
23.3 |
27.2 |
14.1 |
14 |
8.4 |
ESE |
29.83 |
+0.01 |
84.6 |
85.3 |
75.4 |
– |
– |
– |
|
08 |
31 |
7:50 am |
|
NE |
25.3 |
31.1 |
13.5 |
15 |
8.1 |
SE |
29.83 |
+0.02 |
84.7 |
85.3 |
75.6 |
– |
– |
– |
