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malaise

(269,157 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 06:47 PM Oct 2018

Cat4 Hurricane Willa

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep4+shtml/203527.shtml?cone#contents



...WILLA RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE...
...NEW WARNINGS AND WATCHES ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MEXICO...


SUMMARY OF 300 PM MDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.0N 107.0W
ABOUT 250 MI...400 KM SSW OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...963 MB...28.44 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

The government of Mexico has replaced the Tropical Storm Watch
along the Pacific coast of Mexico from Playa Perula to San Blas
with a Tropical Storm Warning. The government of Mexico has also
issued a Tropical Storm Watch from north of Mazatlan to Bahia
Tempehuaya.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* San Blas to Mazatlan

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Playa Perula to San Blas

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* North of Mazatlan to Bahia Tempehuaya
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Texas - more rain is in the way
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Cat4 Hurricane Willa (Original Post) malaise Oct 2018 OP
Yikes 2naSalit Oct 2018 #1
Yep malaise Oct 2018 #2
I did think about that... 2naSalit Oct 2018 #3
That is a scary thought malaise Oct 2018 #7
... Scurrilous Oct 2018 #4
That escalated quickly! DesertRat Oct 2018 #5
Almost Cat5 malaise Oct 2018 #6

malaise

(269,157 posts)
2. Yep
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 08:15 PM
Oct 2018

But just think about it - the Eastern pacific has reached W in Tropical Storms or hurricanes this year.

2naSalit

(86,775 posts)
3. I did think about that...
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 08:29 PM
Oct 2018

if we have a warm winter, I can see hurricanes forming through part, at least, of the winter. I can see that hurricane season could end up lasting year round eventually.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
7. That is a scary thought
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 05:06 AM
Oct 2018

We were watching the flooding in Trinidad on our news last night. The flooding was as high as 10ft in some areas - I have never seen anything like that inTrinidad.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
5. That escalated quickly!
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 11:19 PM
Oct 2018


#HurricaneWilla is expected to have peak winds almost at cat.5 and a hurricane warning is now in effect for San Blas to Mazatlan, including Las Islas Marias and surrounding areas can expect tropical storm conditions!
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