Thursday, October 13, 2016

Cool Morning Here/Hurricane Nicole Hits Bermuda

Very nice, cool morning here with a low at house of 49 F vs 59 F at the airport. It was noticeably cooler down along the Rillito when I walked at sunrise.


Category 3 Hurricane Nicole has struck Bermuda this morning, as per 1345 UTC satellite image above. The latest from NHC:

HURRICANE NICOLE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL152016
935 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2016

...SUSTAINED HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS NOW OCCURRING ON BERMUDA...

Surface observations indicate that sustained hurricane-force winds
are now occurring on Bermuda.  A sustained wind of 79 mph (127 km/h)
and a gust to 105 mph (169 km/h) were recently reported at Pearl
Island.  The Bermuda Weather Service reports that an elevated
station at Commissioner's Point recently reported a sustained wind
of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a gust to 122 mph (196 km/h).

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