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 | – | – | – |
