Past Hurricane models forecasted Michael to rapidly strengthen over the next three days to become a dangerous and major hurricane by October 10. Infrared satellite image captured at approximately 11:40 am EDT as Hurricane Michael approached the Florida coastline as a Category 4 Hurricane. October 7, 2018īy morning, the system was officially a Tropical Depression due to a closed center of circulation, with a significantly organized convective pattern to bale to classify the system into Tropical Storm Michael at 4:55 pm that day. NOAA and the NHC alert area governments that the system is forecasted to become a Tropical Storm by Sunday night. The current strength and makeup of the system are expected to hammer Central America, Cuba and the Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula with potential flash flooding and heavy rainfall. Mexico follows Cuba’s lead with a Tropical Storm for the areas for the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cabo Catoche. The government of Cuba also issues a Tropical Storm Warning for the areas of Pinar Del Rio and Isle of Youth. Within 12 hours the storm increased to a tropical depression with 50 mph sustained winds and now a predicted trajectory to both accelerate and make landfall into the Southeastern United States in the new few days. It did, however, pose an immediate land threat to the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba.Īt this time the National Hurricane Center issued advisories on the potential formation of Cyclone Number 14 on October 6 th. It was definitely a storm but lacked the circulation to officially be labeled a Tropical Storm. NWS National Hurricane Center, – Hurricane Michael’s track October 5–6, 2018Īccording to the NOAA which is now monitoring the system, what would become Michael has now developed into a well-organized convection.
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