Hurricane FELIX: Caribbean-Discussions

[WmE]

I missed the landfall.... how strong (mph) was Felix when he went ashore?

160 mph officially, could have been stronger though. No recon meassured landfall intensity, it was based on sat. pics.

[KBBOCA]

I missed the landfall.... how strong (mph) was Felix when he went ashore?

Epsilon, here is an excerpt of the 8 a.m. advisory re: landfall

BULLETIN
HURRICANE FELIX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062007
800 AM EDT TUE SEP 04 2007

...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE FELIX MAKES LANDFALL IN
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA AT CATEGORY FIVE STRENGTH...
[...]

AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS LOCATED ON
THE COAST NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.2 WEST OR VERY
NEAR PUNTA GORDA NICARAGUA ABOUT 10 MILES...15 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST
OF PUERTO CABEZAS.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. A CONTINUED
WESTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF FELIX WILL
BE MOVING INLAND OVER NORTHEASTERN NICARAGUA TODAY AND OVER
HONDURAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

EARLIER REPORTS FROM A UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT AND RECENT SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 160 MPH...260 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. FELIX IS A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. THE HURRICANE WILL WEAKEN
AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS TODAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 935 MB...27.61 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING IN EXCESS OF 18 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS
POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER IS MAKING LANDFALL.

FELIX IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN
NICARAGUA AND MUCH OF HONDURAS...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES. THESE RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

[HURAKAN]

WOW!!!!!

LOOK AT THIS!!!


"Once in the eye, the view was breath taking even at night. The moon had just risen over the top of the eyewall and lightning lit up the eyewall all around us."
Randy

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/LRandy ... amp=200709

[Beam]

WOW!!!!!

LOOK AT THIS!!!


"Once in the eye, the view was breath taking even at night. The moon had just risen over the top of the eyewall and lightning lit up the eyewall all around us."
Randy

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/LRandy ... amp=200709

That is an exceptionally rare and beautiful picture, though one wonders how exactly the man survived long enough to take it.

[miamicanes177]

Go Derek! I have new respect for you. This DID slow down.

There are a few people on this board watched Derek Grow with each year. He has done a great job.

I was calling for this slowdown too...well actually all credit should be given to the GFDL hurricane model. It nailed the slowdown and I trusted it enough to predict it.

[Coredesat]

That is an exceptionally rare and beautiful picture, though one wonders how exactly the man survived long enough to take it.

Check out the blog entry, it was taken from an Air Force recon plane (NOT during the aborted mission).

[Chacor]

That is an exceptionally rare and beautiful picture, though one wonders how exactly the man survived long enough to take it.

Check out the blog entry, it was taken from the recon plane during the aborted mission.

Uh no it wasn't, that was from an Air Force plane, the aborted mission was an NOAA P3.

[Epsilon_Fan]

Thanks for the info... I looked back a few pages, I can't believe how this thing bombed again before going ashore. I hope for the best, although I am expecting the worst for the people in that area

That pic of the eyewall is awesome

[JonathanBelles]

That picture is amazing!!

[Typhoon Hunter]

That picture is absolutely incredible! I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like to fly into the eye and then witness the eyewall alight with intense lightning. Must have been out of this world!

Lol at

That is an exceptionally rare and beautiful picture, though one wonders how exactly the man survived long enough to take it.

It's taken from an aircraft mate!!

[Cookiely]

At first I thought someone had taken this from the ground but then I saw the plane propeller in the bottom of the picture. It is an awesome picture.

[Cyclenall]

There is a very large rainband affecting the Honduras now and it looks really juicy. There is a lot of red on the AVN for it.

[artist]

these pictures have been taken from a webcam that is just sw of Roatan on another island.
In the first picture does that look like funnel clouds to the experts here?

[Derek Ortt]

looks to have slowed down a little bit more... maybe to about 13 mph

[artist]

second picture -




I have tried posting the pic twice and cannot get it to post - does anyone else see it? I can go to the web page but can't get it to show here for some reason.

Here is the direct link-

http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=utila9ag8.jpg

[TheEuropean]

these pictures have been taken from a webcam that is just sw of Roatan on another island.
In the first picture does that look like funnel clouds to the experts here?

Looks for me like a lot of fractus clouds, not more.

[artist]

pressure there is now down to 29.0 For the last couple of hours it has been bouncing all over the place. this is the lowest but I saw it get as high as 30.9.

here is a map of where this is - Utila -

[Tireman4]

We have not heard anything yet from my wife's family in Honduras. They live in San Pedro Sula. I hope to hear something today.

[wxman57]

We have not heard anything yet from my wife's family in Honduras. They live in San Pedro Sula. I hope to hear something today.

San Pedro Sula is well outside Felix's significant wind field. I'm seeing reports of only 5-10 kt winds there. But there's a big band of rain moving in shortly. Rainfall will be the threat there. It'll be a lot worse near Felix's core tonight, though.

[MGC]

Last thing the people down there need is for Felix to slow down. That only means more rain for them. I did't think Felix would regain Cat-5 again but he did. Yes, those are incredible pictures taken from the Hurricane Hunters.....MGC