Major Hurricane Igor

[londonsnow]

it seems that we now have 3 hurricanes in the atlantic/carribean, as karl is upgraded to a cat1

[Iceberg]

They in Igor now.

AF306 0111A IGOR HDOB 11 20100916

153000 2003N 05855W 6967 03047 9929 +097 +058 323056 058 046 006 00

153030 2004N 05854W 6963 03049 9944 +083 +057 326052 054 051 008 00

153100 2005N 05852W 6968 03041 9946 +076 +051 330047 051 053 012 00

153130 2007N 05851W 6971 03033 9909 +105 +045 323046 048 051 003 00

153200 2008N 05849W 6965 03039 9901 +110 +043 320047 048 049 003 00

153230 2009N 05848W 6970 03030 9902 +107 +044 318047 048 049 003 00

153300 2011N 05846W 6965 03031 9897 +108 +045 317046 046 051 002 00

153330 2012N 05845W 6968 03025 9892 +109 +046 318046 047 050 002 00

153400 2013N 05844W 6965 03026 9887 +110 +047 318047 047 051 002 00

153430 2015N 05842W 6973 03012 9887 +108 +049 319044 045 050 005 00

153500 2016N 05841W 6968 03016 9887 +103 +051 325045 047 050 004 00

153530 2017N 05839W 6964 03016 9879 +106 +051 329044 045 051 006 00

153600 2019N 05838W 6978 02995 9885 +099 +049 331043 044 051 006 00

153630 2020N 05837W 6960 03012 9865 +111 +047 321044 046 049 003 00

153700 2021N 05835W 6969 03001 9858 +117 +048 323049 051 050 002 00

153730 2022N 05834W 6967 02998 9849 +122 +052 322050 052 050 003 00

153800 2024N 05833W 6969 02995 9849 +116 +058 321053 054 050 002 00

153830 2025N 05832W 6967 02993 9847 +113 +064 318052 053 050 003 00

153900 2026N 05830W 6969 02986 9843 +115 +069 320053 055 051 003 00

153930 2027N 05829W 6967 02983 9831 +119 +073 324056 056 051 003 00

$$

Slowly getting hear the eye.

[andymusic]

All three hurricanes join the party

[Iceberg]

An impressive array of wind speeds in the NE quad.

The max was 130Kts with a pressure of 940mb and a slightly open 40nm eye.

This would give 110-115kts for a surface speed, so pretty spot good with NHC forecasts.

Not bad for a storm that has just completed an ERC with dry air, Intensification should now occur.

161000 2139N 05710W 6965 02797 9664 +083 +078 139116 117 094 019 00

161030 2140N 05709W 6967 02812 9675 +090 +069 139114 117 087 022 00

161100 2141N 05708W 6967 02827 9684 +097 +063 138112 114 083 019 00

161130 2142N 05707W 6975 02830 9703 +092 +060 137110 113 083 012 00

161200 2143N 05705W 6966 02857 9700 +108 +058 137107 108 079 007 00

161230 2144N 05704W 6966 02864 9709 +111 +056 138104 105 078 005 00

161300 2146N 05703W 6969 02870 9724 +107 +055 140104 106 074 007 00

161330 2147N 05702W 6965 02884 9741 +099 +054 143105 106 071 009 00

161400 2148N 05700W 6978 02874 9767 +086 +054 142106 107 072 012 00

161430 2149N 05659W 6966 02894 9769 +090 +053 140102 105 073 013 00

161500 2150N 05658W 6975 02894 9778 +091 +052 138100 101 073 012 00

161530 2151N 05657W 6966 02915 9770 +106 +052 139101 102 073 009 00

161600 2152N 05655W 6969 02916 9786 +097 +051 143105 107 073 010 00

161630 2154N 05654W 6967 02926 9792 +099 +052 143103 105 073 010 00

161700 2155N 05653W 6966 02932 9802 +097 +052 144099 100 072 010 00

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Oh buoy...

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=M41044

[Iceberg]

Recon have just done another eye pass and found a very large 938/939 eye.

There is no reason why the eye won't start contracting.....

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

Oh buoy...

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=M41044

here is the NOAA link

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41044&unit=M&tz=GMT

should be interesting about 08:00 tomorrow morning......

[Cookie]

[Iceberg]

here is the NOAA link

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41044&unit=M&tz=GMT

should be interesting about 08:00 tomorrow morning......

Thats just started recording hurricane force surface winds and waves just shy of 40ft.

[Katherine]

Forecasters reporting Fujiwhara Interaction between Igor and Julia. Igor down to Cat 3.

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

Here's the graph from the bouy it passed very close to, pressure got down to about 942. Coming back up rapidly now though.

[Iceberg]

Igor hasn't really been doing much over the last 24 hrs, apart from loking a bit messy.

Anyway recon have gone in and found a very large eye (sub 940 pressure area) at 936/937mb minimum compared to their estimate of 942mb.

Winds are still very much CAT 3(so far found), but he's so big it's going to take an age for anything windwise to happen. Hurricane winds extend to an area of 130 miles now(compared to Karl which had a tiny 20 mile spread).

055200 2459N 06239W 6968 02645 9403 +177 +131 039065 068 061 005 00

055230 2458N 06238W 6967 02636 9398 +167 +135 036050 057 058 006 00

055300 2456N 06236W 6961 02633 9380 +175 +138 030032 035 038 003 00

055330 2455N 06235W 6973 02613 9376 +175 +141 040028 029 011 005 00

055400 2454N 06233W 6966 02614 9375 +168 +144 040027 028 019 004 00

055430 2453N 06232W 6969 02607 9372 +165 +147 046018 022 013 005 00

055500 2452N 06231W 6969 02605 9368 +166 +148 067011 012 002 005 03

055530 2450N 06230W 6969 02600 9362 +168 +150 112003 006 006 004 03

055600 2448N 06229W 6966 02605 9363 +169 +151 240011 017 002 005 03

055630 2447N 06228W 6973 02602 9368 +169 +152 232023 026 005 004 00

055700 2446N 06226W 6970 02613 9373 +170 +153 226033 036 026 005 00

055730 2445N 06225W 6965 02622 9378 +170 +154 230046 049 034 005 00

[Jayces]

Down to Cat 2 this morning and now showing to be weaker again.

Maybe Bermuda will be luckier then originally thought as I don't think Igor is expected to strengthen is he?

Still a lot of hours under sustained winds of even cat 1 strength is still going to be bad I guess.

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Interesting to look at bermuda with the netweather world forecast.

Never seen that amount of rain in 3 hours!

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=world;page=3;location=hamilton,%20Hamilton,%20BERMUDA;locationid=224442;sess=#forecast

Edited September 18, 2010 by RAIN RAIN RAIN

[Jayces]

Bermuda is about to get the full force of Igor but I am guessing the interest here has wained because he has quite quickly gone down to a cat 1 and will be a TS soon?

Using the wonders of modern technology you can if you want share their (possibly frightning) experience as they host a sort of live web chat session during the storm at http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/section.jsp?sectionId=3 though it's been quiet for the last half an hour and that may be due to power issues.

[The PIT]

By the way one useless fact. Hurricane Igor is the largest hurricane ever by Gale diameter 633 miles being the previous record by 28 miles.

[Cookie]

Video from Bermuda as Igor Approached

[Somerset Squall]

Thanks for the video Cookie. Looks like a rough ride for Bermuda!

[Cookie]

According to Wiki 5Th largest Atlantic storm

[weatherobsuk]

The NHC are being VERY generous in keeping Igor at CAT1 even passing Greenland into Thursday before transitioning into Post-Tropical over Baffin Island. I wouldn't have expected Igor at the state the system is in, to even be Categorised as anything near Hurricane-force as it stands.

I'm assuming the NHC are only keeping it as such due to interests off the Eastern Canadian Seaboard and its large Windfield which could cause some coastal impact.

[AderynCoch]

Tropical storm force winds over southernmost Newfoundland (including St. John's) if the NHC's wind swath graphic is anything to go by. Cape Breton in Nova Scotia also got shaved.

Interesting to see Igor's pressure as low as 960mb when it's barely a Category 1 hurricane (75mph). Check this out (from the latest advisory):

CANADIAN BUOY 44139...LOCATED ABOUT 150 MILES WEST OF THE CENTER...RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 62 MPH...100 KM/HR

That's 150 miles away on the weak side of Igor, and the winds aren't significantly lower than the maximum. It just goes to show how widely distributed the energy is in this system. The NHC also deserve credit for accurately predicting Igor's expansion into such a large hurricane, as they did very early on in his existence.

Edited September 21, 2010 by AderynCoch

[Cookie]

some images from Bermuda

[The PIT]

Hanging in there been a Hurricane for nine days now not bad.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS FROM CANADA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED

WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

Hence cat 1 status although not for much longer.

[Somerset Squall]

Looks like winds will be of hurricane strength for a while after extratropical transition too, the environment must be favourable for baroclinic intensification, at least for a time.

[Cookie]

Tropical storm winds have affected areas up to 520 miles from the centre!!