September 2007

Hurricane Felix

 

Felix finished an eyewall replacement cycle and restrengthened into a Catagory 5 Hurricane during the process of making landfall on the Northeastern coast of Nicaragua! Heavy rain will cause landslides and severe flooding and winds in the eyewall of Felix will be at or above 160mph on the coast!

Stormgasm.com continues to monitor powerful Catagory 5 Hurricane Felix. Hurricane Felix is the second Catagory 5 storm of the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season!

At 11pm EDT on Sunday September 2nd, 2007 Hurricane Felix had a central pressure of approximately 930mb and sustained maximum winds equal to or greater than 165mph!

CHECK OUT THIS DISCUSSION FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER:

HURRICANE FELIX SPECIAL DISCUSSION NUMBER 10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062007
800 PM EDT SUN SEP 02 2007

REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT FELIX
HAS INTENSIFIED AND IS NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE. THE AIRCRAFT
REPORTED PEAK FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 152 KT...WITH PEAK SFMR WINDS
OF 142 KT IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT. HIGHER SFMR WINDS WERE FOUND
IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT...UP TO 163 KT...BUT THESE MAY HAVE BEEN
CONTAMINATED BY GROUPEL. A DROPSONDE RELEASED IN THE SOUTHWEST
QUADRANT LANDED IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT...AND THIS DROP YIELDED A
SURFACE ESTIMATE OF 139 KT BASED ON THE LOWEST 150 M LAYER AVERAGE.
BASED ON THESE DATA...THE PEAK SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AT
LEAST 145 KT. AN EYE SONDE MEASURED A SURFACE PRESSURE OF 936 MB
WITH SURFACE WINDS OF 24 KT. BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME TURBULENCE AND
GROUPEL THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED...THE MISSION IS BEING
ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT IS RETURNING TO ST. CROIX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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