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potential_tropical_cyclone_fifteen [2017/09/16 14:44] forsythsnow [Which Model Won?] |
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- | ====== Storm Name or Depression Info Here ====== | + | ====== Major Hurricane Maria ====== |
Potential Tropical Cyclone 15 formed on the 11 am advisory of September 16, 2017, with sustained winds of 35 mph and a pressure of 1009 mb. | Potential Tropical Cyclone 15 formed on the 11 am advisory of September 16, 2017, with sustained winds of 35 mph and a pressure of 1009 mb. | ||
- | ===== Impacts ===== | + | PTC 15 was upgraded to TD 15 at 2 pm, then Tropical storm Maria on the 5 pm advisory, aimed at Puerto Rico to become a major hurricane. |
+ | At 3 pm on September 17, 2017, Maria was upgraded to a cat 1 hurricane with winds of 75 mph and a pressure of 986 mb. | ||
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+ | After a period of Rapid Intensification on the afternoon of September 18, 2017, Maria became a cat 3 with winds of 125 mph and a pressure of 956 mb. | ||
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+ | At 7:45 PM, Maria was upgraded to a category 5 hurricane, being the second one of the year with 160 mph winds and a 925 mb pressure. | ||
+ | ===== Impacts ===== | ||
+ | Hurricane warnings were issued for the Lesser Antilles, the US and British Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. | ||
+ | At 9:35 PM on September 18, 2017, Maria made landfall as a 160 mph category 5 hurricane on Dominica. | ||
===== Which Model Won? ===== | ===== Which Model Won? ===== | ||
* ECMWF - Major hurricane hitting or just passing through Greater Antilles, then curving OTS mostly or going into the NE or Southeast. | * ECMWF - Major hurricane hitting or just passing through Greater Antilles, then curving OTS mostly or going into the NE or Southeast. |