Weather conditions in Bermuda updates

[cycloneye]

Oh my goodness the eye is just to the west and that is bad because the winds will cintinue to pound the island for a poriod of time hopefully only 4-5 more horrific hours.

[Stormsfury]

THE LATEST FROM THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE

SSE 90 KTS GUSTS TO 115 KTS (104 MPH GUSTS TO 127 MPH)

SF

[cycloneye]

That must has to be the eastsoutheast eyewwall area pounding the island.

[Rainband]

God bless those poor people!!!

[GalvestonDuck]

"We've come up with a Fabian cocktail for our guests," said Paul S. Tormey, manager of the Fairmont, which had nearly 300 guests. "The drinks will have umbrellas turned inside out."

[JetMaxx]

Latest METAR.....gusting to 132 mph at the Hamilton, Bermuda airport..

TXKF 051955Z E16090G115KT 1/8SM -RA BLPY OVC008 A2851 RMK PRESFR SLP655

160° degrees @ 90 kt, gusting to 115 kts.....SSE- 104 mph, gusting to 132 mph -- or like a F2 tornado that last for several hours :o :o

[Stormsfury]

These two pictures will be available on my website along with an animation of Fabian's path over Bermuda will be available shortly.

We all can only hope that the citizens of Bermuda will come out of this ok.

[southerngale]

Thanks for all the updates guys. I pray those people get through this ok.

[msbee]

000
WTNT45 KNHC 052053
TCDAT5
HURRICANE FABIAN DISCUSSION NUMBER 37
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT FRI SEP 05 2003

THE EYEWALL IS MOVING OVER BERMUDA. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY
OBSERVATIONS FROM BERMUDA...HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES AND
FIXES FROM AN AIR FORCE PLANE. FABIAN HAS MAINTAINED ITS ESTIMATED
INTENSITY OF 105 KNOTS. THE BERMUDA AIRPORT REPORTED A MINIMUM
PRESSURE OF 965.5 MB AND GUSTS TO 102 KNOTS AND HOUR AGO AND
ESTIMATED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 90 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 115 KNOTS AT
1955Z. THERE WAS AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT FROM BERMUDA HARBOR RADIO OF
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 102 KNOTS BEFORE THE 250 FOOT TALL INSTRUMENTED
MAST BLEW DOWN. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT FABIAN HAS HIT
BERMUDA AS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE.

FABIAN SHOULD BE AFFECTING BERMUDA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SINCE
IT IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND IS MOVING NORTHWARD AT 16 KNOTS. FABIAN
SHOULD BEGIN TO TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT.
A GRADUAL WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN AS THE SHEAR INCREASES AND THE
HURRICANE BEGINS TO MOVE OVER COOL WATERS.

FABIAN SHOULD BE EXTRATROPICAL BY 72 HOURS OVER THE COLD WATERS OF
THE NORTH ATLANTIC. HOWEVER...AS USUAL...IT IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN IF
FABIAN WILL WEAKEN OR BECOME A POWERFUL EXTRATROPICAL STORM AND IT
IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE EXACT TIMING OF THE
TRANSITION FROM TROPICAL TO EXTRATROPICAL.

FORECASTER AVILA

[Aquawind]

WOW that is quite the day for those people!! Extended F2 like Perry said..wicked... :o :o They got NAILED!!! :evil:

[Steve Cosby]

000
THERE WAS AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT FROM BERMUDA HARBOR RADIO OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 102 KNOTS BEFORE THE 250 FOOT TALL INSTRUMENTED MAST BLEW DOWN.

Didn't the same thing happen in Andrew? There really ought to be a way to keep those things from blowing down. We'll probably see a whole big discussion now about whether this was really a Cat 2, 3, or 4 storm. Kinda like Andrew when there was some waffling about its strength.

[Scott_inVA]

Been out all day don't know if y'all linked Bermuda NAS:
http://www.ivao.org/db/ss/airport.asp?Id=TXKF
current on bottom

METAR Summary:
http://www.tmdg.co.uk/cgi-bin/auth/afinfo?ALLM=TXKF

90K/G115K

Unreal.