Weer een cat 5 monster in de east Pacific:

Bericht van: Eric, Rotterdam , 24-08-2014 23:11 

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE MARIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.2 WEST. MARIE HAS BEEN
WOBBLING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT THE LONGER TERM MOTION IS
TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/H. MARIE IS FORECAST TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OR NORTHWESTWARD DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 160 MPH...260 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MARIE IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...BUT MARIE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN
A MAJOR HURRICANE THROUGH TUESDAY.

MARIE IS A LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 310 MILES...500 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 918 MB...27.11 INCHES.


groot en sterk windveld betekent ook grote golven, helemaal tot aan Californie.


http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP3+shtml/242031.shtml

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