Grace has downgraded to a tropical storm. Currently located near latitude 19.7 North, longitude 99.5 West, Grace is moving westward near 11 knots (20 km/h). This general motion is expected into early Sunday.

The system will move over central and west-central Mexico through tonight.

Maximum sustained winds have decreased to 45 knots (75 km/h). Rapid weakening is expected due to the motion over the mountains of central and west-central Mexico. Grace is forecasted to weaken to a tropical depression later today and dissipate by early. Sunday.

Update 20th of August 2021, 1.00 pm UTC

Grace has downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Located near latitude 20.7 North, longitude 93.3 West, the system is moving toward the west near 14 knots (26 km/h). A westward to west-southwestward motion is expected during the next day or two.

TS Grace is forecasted to move across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico today, and then make landfall along the coast of mainland Mexico this evening or tonight.

Maximum sustained winds are near 59 knots (110 km/h). Some strengthening is expected prior to landfall, and the system is expected to regain hurricane strength this morning.

After landfall, the system should begin to rapidly weaken as it moves into the mountains of central Mexico.

Update 19th of August 2021, 1.00 pm UTC

Located near latitude 20.1 North, longitude 87.9 West, Hurricane Grace made landfall in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Grace is moving toward the west near 15 knots (28 km/h). Westward to west-northwestward motion is expected through Friday, a turn toward the west to west-southwest is expected.

Grace is forecasted to move across the Yucatan Peninsula today and move over the southwest Gulf of Mexico late tonight through Friday. The system is likely to make a second landfall on the mainland coast of Mexico late Friday or early Saturday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 65 knots (120 km/h). Some weakening is expected as Grace moves across Yucatan before re-intensification as the system reaches the Gulf of Mexico.
Grace is forecasted to be a Hurricane when it makes the second landfall on the mainland coast of Mexico.

Update 18th of August 2021, 2.30 pm UTC

Tropical Store Grace, located near latitude 18.8 North, longitude 80.9 West, is moving toward the west-northwest near 14 knots (26 km/h). The motion towards the west to the west-northwest is expected for the next several days.

The system is forecasted to continue to move near the Cayman Islands laters this morning. The landfall is expected in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico on early Thursday and to move into the southwest Gulf of Mexico early Friday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 55 knots (100 km/). It is expected that Grace will strengthen into a hurricane later today with possible strengthening prior to reaching the eastern Yucatan Peninsula.

A Hurrican Warning is in effect for Yucatan Peninsula.
The system will bring heavy rainfall that can lead to flash and urban flooding.

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allerta meteo Aeronautica Militare C.N.M.C.A.

Allerta meteo arancione:

Mappatura delle zone interessate dalle allerte meteo dell'Aeronautica Militare per la giornata di domenica nei settori settentrionali della Penisola.

Previsione delle tempeste:

Da questa immagine è possibile notare lo sviluppo di numerose celle temporalesche soprattutto nella zona centro-orientale del Veneto e su gran parte dell'Emilia Romagna, con particolare attenzione ad eventuali intensificazioni lungo il litorale e tra il territorio Ravennate e quello Bolognese a partire dalle ore 12:00.

Accumuli di pioggia:

Porre attenzione agli accumuli di pioggia, a causa della probabile rapidità ed intensità dei rovesci che si presenteranno nella giornata di Domenica, che potranno sfiorare i 10 mm nell'arco di poche ore.

Prestare attenzione ai prossimi aggiornamenti dell'Aeronautica Militare e della Protezione Civile.

Giacomo Sintoni

Choi-wan (Dante) has become a Tropical Depression, tracking at 10 knots (18,5 km/h) towards the northeast in the past six hours. Currently located 267 NM south-southwest of Taipei, Taiwan (21.0N 119.6E).

Maximum sustained winds are 30 kt (55,5 km/h)

Choi-wan will continue moving to the northeast and interact slightly with the southern portion of the Chungyang mountain range in Taiwan. The system should then start to dissipate as it interacts with the Mei-yu frontal boundary approaching from the west and fully dissipate within the next 36 hours or sooner.

Update: 3rd of June, 1:00 p.m. UTC

Choi-wan (Dante), currently located 230 NM northwest of Manila, 17.5N 118.4E, Philippines, has tracked toward northwestward, is moving near 15 knots (28 km/h).

The Tropical Storm is tracking along the western periphery of the subtropical ridge to the east-northeast. It is forecasted that it will continue to move towards the north and then turn northeastward.

Intensity should decrease from 35 kt (65 km/) to 30 kt (55.5 km/) due to northeastern flow, land interaction from the rugged terrain of Taiwan, and a secondary str anchored over southeastern China within the next 36 hours.

The system should remain at 30 knots as it passes north of Kadena Air Base as continues northeastward.

Update: 2nd of June, 9:30 a.m. UTC

Tropical Depression (TD) Choi-Wan (known in the Philippines as Dante) made landfall over Sulat, Eastern Samar.

The system has tracked northwestward over the last 6 hours at 10 knots (19 km/h). Maximum sustained winds are near 30 knots (55.5 km/h).

Choi-Wan is forecasted to continue tracking northwestward, skirting the southern coast of Luzon to the south of Manila, and then reemerge into the South China Sea to the west of Subic Bay.

Update: 1st of June, 9:30 a.m. UTC

TS Choi-wan, currently located east-southeast of Manila, Philippines, has tracked towards the north-northwest near 12 knots (22 km/h).

The intensity has lowered to 35 knots (65 km/h).

It is forecasted that the system will continue moving north-northwestward, skirting the easter portions of Samar and southeastern Luzon before moving over north-central Luzon in the next 48 hours.

There will be little to no intensification before the system makes landfall along the southeast coast of northern Luzon.

After landfall, Choi-wan should start to slowly weaken as it moves over northern Luzon. After that, Choi-wan will emerge into the Luzon strain, accelerating northeastward.

Update: 31st of May, 2:00 p.m. UTC

The third named cyclone of 2021 Pacific typhoon, Tropical Storm Choi-wan, has tracked northwestward at 11 knots over the past six hours. It is currently located near 9.4N 129.1E.

Maximum sustained winds are near 95 km/h (50 knots).

The system will continue its movement toward the northwest over the Philippine sea. It is forecasted that Choi-wan will steadily intensify.

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Tropical Storm Goni (Rolly), located near 14.4N 113.3E, east-southeast of Da Nang, Vietnam is moving slowly across the South China Sea toward Vietnam, near 8 km/h (4 knots).

Maximum sustained winds are 65 km/h (35 knots).

Over the next couple of days, Goni is expected to move west-southwestward and make landfall along the south-central Vietnam coast as a tropical depression later on Friday.

Now a tropical storm Goni (Rolly) is located near 14.7N 119.5E in the West Philippine Sea with maximum winds 101 km/h (55 KT). Storm has been tracking west-northwestward in the last 6 hours.

As Goni further weakens, it is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Tuesday morning

Update: 1st of November, 10:00 a.m. UTC

After landfall over the eastern coast of Catanduanes, Goni continues its movement toward the west-southwest. The second landfall is expected over southern Vietnam near Qui Nohn.

Goni has weakened significantly since the landfall but still is a powerful and life-threatening cyclone. It is expected that the system will continue to weaken primarily due to land interaction and is expected to emerge over the South China Sea with maximum one-minute-sustained winds 165 km/h (90 knots) during the late evening hours on Sunday.

Although Goni will weaken rapidly over the terrain of southern Indochina, heavy rainfall will affect ongoing flooding in central Vietnam.

Update: 31th of October, 11:00 p.m. UTC

Goni has made landfall on Catanduanes island on Sunday at 04:50 local time as equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustainable winds of 314 km/h and even higher gusts.

The storm is now making a second landfall over the Bicol Region, specifically over Albay and Camarines Sur provinces.

Expected threats are destructive typhoon winds, life-threatening storm surges and heavy rainfall, causing landslides and flooding.

Update: 31th of October, 1:00 p.m. UTC

Super typhoon Goni (Rolly), located 14.7N 127.6E, east of Manila, Philippines, has tracked west-southwestward at 24 km/h (13 knots).

The system will continue its current tract then slightly weaken and head westward and make landfall over central Luzon on early Sunday, then track over Manila, and exit into the South China Sea.

The second and final landfall is expected over central Vietnam, south of Da Nang.

Maximum sustained winds are 287 km/h (155 kt) with gusts 352 km/h (190 kt).

Update: 30th of October, 10:00 p.m. UTC

Goni (Rolly) has yet again intensified and the maximum winds are peaking at 287 km/h (155 KT) and gusts 351 km/h (190 KT).

Typhoon maintains its Category 5 and is predicted to track westward and make landfall on early Sunday in central Luzon, northeast of Manila. However Goni should weaken to Cat. 4 before the landfall.

Update: 30th of October, 10:30 a.m. UTC

Goni has undergone a rapid intensification in the last hours. The storm has maximum winds of 277 km/h (150 KT) with even higher gusts, making Goni the Earth’s strongest storm of the year.

Typhoon continues its movement near 16.3N 131.6E over warm waters of the Philippine Sea. Warm environment is very favorable condition for further intensification. Forecasts predicts Goni to maintain a Category 5 strength over the next 36 hours.

Landfall is predicted on early Sunday in central Luzon and could be potentially destructive.

Update: 29th of October, 9:00 a.m. UTC

Goni (local name Rolly) has strengthened into a typhoon. Currently located near 16.8N 135.8E, east of Manila, Philippines, Goni is moving toward the west-northwest at 17 km/h (9 KT) speed.

Maximum sustained winds are near 130 km/h (70 KT), with gusts near 157 km/h (85 KT).

It is expected that Goni will move generally westward by Saturday evening, then west-northwestward by Sunday as it moves towards Quezon – Aurora area before making landfall over the Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas this weekend Sunday morning.

It is forecasted that Goni will intensify into typhoon Category 3 while moving over the Philippine Sea. As it moves towards eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon, it may bring heavy rains over these areas starting this Friday.

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With the ongoing fires, vast amounts of smoke have been produced in the last few weeks. This smoke has affected large areas of North America and has even reached Europe.

Above: CAMS data on fire radiative power (a measure of fire intensity) for California and Oregon for 2020 (red) shows the devastating effect the wildfires are having in comparison to the 2003-2019 average (grey). Below: CAMS Estimated Annual Total Wildfire Carbon Emissions for California and Oregon. Credit: Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, ECMWF

Data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission, reveal that the wildfires currently raging across the Western United States are significantly more intense than the 2003-2019 average for the whole country and the affected states. CAMS, which monitors daily wildfire activity worldwide using satellite observations of their intensity to estimate emissions of atmospheric pollutants, has tracked the long-range transport of the smoke as far as 8,000 kilometres away to reach Northern Europe.

ECMWF/CAMS Global Aerosol Optical Depth at 550nm Forecast initialized at 00 UTC on 11 September 2020 and valid at 12 UTC on the same day. Credit: Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, ECMWF

The fires burning in California since mid-August, and in Oregon and Washington since the beginning of September, have emitted vast quantities of thick smoke that have affected a huge area.

The fires emitted an estimated 21,7 megatonnes of carbon in California, 7,3 megatonnes of carbon in Oregon and 1,4 megatonnes of carbon in Washington. Overall emissions for Western USA were up to estimated 30,3 megatonnes of carbon.

ECMWF/CAMS Global Aerosol Optical Depth at 550 nm Forecast initialized at 00 UTC on 15 September and valid at 00 UTC on the 16th. Credit: Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, ECMWF

Mark Parrington, CAMS Senior Scientist and wildfire expert, explains:

“The scale and magnitude of these fires are at a level much higher than in any of the 18 years that our monitoring data covers, since 2003. A good indicator of smoke thickness is the aerosol optical depth, or AOD. In the Western US, we have seen that AOD levels have reached very high values of seven or above, which has been confirmed by independent ground-based measurement. To put this into perspective, an AOD of one would already indicate a lot of aerosols in the atmosphere. CAMS monitoring of atmospheric conditions is vital in situations like that as, it provides decision-makers and other individuals with the knowledge to make informed choices regarding their heath and the health of others.”

Scientists from CAMS will continue to monitor the intensity of the fires and the smoke they release in the coming weeks.

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Haishen made landfall as a low-end Category 2 hurricane near Ulsan in South Korea in the morning hours, on Monday local time, maximum sustainable winds are 111 km/h (60 KT), gusts 138 km/h (75 KT).

The typhoon caused less severe damage than expected, however it still left hundreds of thousands of homes without power in the Kyushu Island. At least four people are missing and thirty-five people have been injured.

The next predicted movement is north near North Korea's port city of Chongjin, late on Monday.

Update 6th September 8.00 p.m. UTC

The storm is near 30.9N 129.4E, maximum winds have not decreased and stay 176 km/h (95 KTS), with gusts 213 km/h (115 KTS).

It is currently nearing the Tsushima Island, the next movement should be towards the Korean Peninsula. Haishen is forecast to move close to Busan on Monday morning.

More than 1.8 million people had to evacuate as the typhoon battered Japan's southern mainland on Sunday. Haishen has caused power outages with strong winds and driving rain.

Update 6th September 9.00 a.m. UTC

Currently located near 29.3N 130.0E, Typhoon Haishen has slightly weakened before it makes landfall in Japan. The forward speed is near 33 km/h (18 KTS).

Maximum sustained winds decreased to 176 km/h (95 KTS), with gusts 213 km/h (115 KTS).

Typhoon has already hit the Ryukyu Islands off Japan's southwestern coast on Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.

The system is now near Amami-Oshima Islands in Kagoshima prefecture. On the forecast track, Haishen will move toward the west coast of the Kyushu Islands from Sunday night through Monday morning local time and then is expected to impact the Korean Peninsula in the next 36 hours.

Typhoon brings heavy rain, strong wind, high waves, and tidal surges.

Update 5th September 7.00 p.m. UTC

Typhoon Haishen, located near 25.4N 131.0E is currently moving toward the northwest near 16.6 km/h (9 KT).

Maximum sustained winds have remained at 212 km/h (115 KT) with gusts 259 km/h (140 KT). It is forecasted that the system will slightly weaken before it will make a landfall west of Busan, South Korea.

Super Typhoon is the third typhoon to encounter the Korean Peninsula in just two weeks.

Update: 5th of September, 11:00 a.m. UTC

Haishen is positioned near 24.6N 131.5E with maximum sustainable winds of 212 km/h (115 KT), gusts 259 km/h (140 KT).

The Kyushu region is under a threat of record-breaking winds, high waves, storm surges and unprecedented heavy rains.

There is also increasing risk of flooding from larger rivers in Kyushu as well as in other regions.

Update: 4th of September, 10:00 p.m. UTC

Typhoon Haishen is moving west-north-west at 15 km/h (8 KT) with position approximately 280 kilometers south of Minami Daito Island in the Pacific Ocean.

The storm has likely hit its peak intensity and slow weakening should begin on Saturday morning. It will probably pass near the Japanese island of Amami Oshima on Sunday.

Haishen should then hit South Korea on Sunday afternoon as a weakening category 3 or category 2 storm.

Update: 4th of September, 8:00 a.m. UTC

Haishen is forecast to surpass Maysak as the strongest storm in the western Pacific so far this season.

The storm will likely near Okinawa by Sunday, maximum winds are projected to be 288 km/h by that time, putting the storm to the Category 5 hurricane.

Even though, it should slightly weaken before approaching Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula, it will remain very dangerous and powerful.

Haishen is currently packing winds of 250 km/h (135 KT) and gusts 305 km/h (165 KT).

Update: 3rd of September, 8:00 a.m. UTC

Typhoon Maysak made a landfall as Category 2 storm along the south coast of the Korean Peninsula while packing 160 km/h wind speeds.

Haishen

Haishen continues to develop south of Japan and moving over the extremely warm water of the tropical Western Pacific. It is predicted to make landfall on the Korean Peninsula on September 6 or 7.

Update: 2nd of September, 10:00 a.m. UTC

Maysak is currently equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane, storm is packing winds of 185 km/h (100 KT) with gusts 231 km/h (125 KT).

However it is expected to weaken to a Cat.2 hurricane, before its landfall on Wednesday night on the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea should expect heavy rainfall and strong winds on both Wednesday and Thursday.

Haishen

Haishen is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane in the next several hours. Maximum winds are 120 km/h (65 KT).

It could potentially reach hurricane level 5 in the next few days.

Update: 1st of September, 8:00 p.m. UTC

Maysak has again slightly intensified, maximum sustainable winds are 222 km/h (120 KT) and gusts 268 km/h (145 KT).

The typhoon now continues to track towards the west of Busan – South Korea’s second-largest city, where it should potentially make landfall on Wednesday night local time.

Haishen

Tropical storm Haishen represents another significant threat, since it is now gaining strength in the Northwest Pacific and is likely to intensify to Category 4 hurricane and strike the southwest of Japan on the weekend and the Korean Peninsula right after that.

Haishen's maximum winds are now 83 km/h (45 KT) with position near 20.5N 144.1E.

Below you can see the forecasted path of both storms with the Wind accumulation in next 10 days:

Update: 1st of September, 9:00 a.m. UTC

Maysak's eyewall stayed away from the main Okinawa island, however it has hammered the Kume island, located about 60 miles west of Okinawa Island.

The storm has intensified to the equivalent of a Category 4 storm early Tuesday morning.

Typhoon is currently at 27.1N 126.2E with maximum sustainable winds 212.98 km/h (115 KT), gusts 259.28 km/h (140 KT).

It is expected to target South Korea on Wednesday night.

Update: 31st of August, 7:00 p.m. UTC

Maysak is currently passing west of Okinawa island with maximum winds of 203 km/h (110 KT) and gusts 250 km/h (135 KT).

The Maysak's eyewall, which contains the strongest winds, will fortunately miss much of the island.

Further movement will be north into the East China Sea, where it will make landfall in South Korea Wednesday night, local time.

Update: 31st of August, 7:00 a.m. UTC

Maysak is slowly nearing the southern Okinawa with maximum sustainable winds 175 km/h (95 KT) and gusts 212 km/h (115 KT).

It is expected to approach the prefecture of Okinawa and the Amami region in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday night or Tuesday.

Waves could reach up to 13 meters high around Okinawa main island with a threat of high tides, which could cause flooding in coastal areas and near the mouths of rivers.

Update: 30th of August, 9:00 p.m. UTC

Typhoon Maysak, locally known in the Philippines as Julian, is currently located near 20.8N 128.5E in the East China Sea.

It will move near the southern Japan, including Okinawa, late Monday or early Tuesday, before striking South Korea with heavy rainfall and damaging winds.

Storm is packing winds of 166 km/h (90 KT) and gusts 203 km/h (110 KT).

Maysak should further strengthen on Monday, reaching Category 4 Atlantic hurricane level.

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Winds of up to 220 kilometers per hour are expected in the next few hours due to the threat of Laura on the US and Mexican coasts of the Gulf, along with a flood of the waters.

Because of this, more than 400,000 people from Jefferson, Orange and Jasper counties and the island city of Galveston have had to evacuate before the storm, winds and flooding become dangerous.

To avoid COVID-19 infections, people in shelters spray their hands with disinfectant continuously, in addition, they maintain their healthy distance and the sites have “temperature controls”.

Meteorologists estimate that Laura will make landfall between Wednesday night and Thursday morning near the Texas-Louisiana border.

The temporary cyclone will have "huge destructive waves causing catastrophic damage" on the coast, the NHC said.

It is estimated that the high tide penetrates up to 50 kilometers inland and that the rise of the waters is between 4.5 and 6 meters above the average.

However, the NHC anticipates that it will have a "rapid weakening once Laura makes landfall."

They warn that there will be showers of between 130 and 250 millimeters, with some peaks of almost 400 mm in western Louisiana and eastern Texas.

For his part, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state's National Guard was targeting coastal communities with offshore vehicles and rescue helicopters to prepare for Laura's impact. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete Gaynor said Tuesday that a team was already deployed to the region.

While the governor of Louisiana, John Edwards, said last Monday in a press conference that "this has the potential to be the strongest hurricane that has hit since Hurricane Rita", referring to the category 5 hurricane of 2005.

Likewise, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, asked the residents of the affected areas to "listen to local officials."

“Laura is a very dangerous hurricane and it is intensifying rapidly. "My administration continues to collaborate fully with state and local emergency managers," Trump said through his Twitter account.

The coincidence of the Laura storm tide with the high tide along the Gulf Coast from High Island in Texas to Morgan City in Louisiana could result in the water level rising as high as 10 feet.

This condition threatens the main oil refineries of Lake Charles in Louisiana and Beaumont and Port Arthur in Texas, located near the coast.

So the energy industry has reduced crude production to a minimum that approaches the level of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and has stopped oil refining.

According to the CNH, the storm became a hurricane when its center moved northwest over Cuba at 26 kilometers per hour and is expected to bring a dangerous storm in the coastal region from the Paso de San Luis in Texas to the mouth of the Mississppi river.

Hurricane Laura, which has already risen to category 4 on a scale of 5, is expected to pass through the shores of the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and make a turn to the north-northwest. The US National Hurricane Center announces that the damage could be catastrophic.

This is a image of accumulation of wind

Laura Continues to Strengthen

Laura formed in the central Atlantic on Friday and has since moved into the Gulf of Mexico where it quickly strengthened into a hurricane.

Hurricane warnings run from San Luis Pass, Texas to Intracoastal City, Louisiana. Storm surge warnings are in place from Freeport, Texas to the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

On Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center referred to the storm surge threat from Laura as "unsurvivable". Up to 20 feet of storm surge could flood much of southwestern Louisiana and far southeastern Texas.

Category 4 Landfalls Are Rare

Since 1851, only 26 hurricanes of a Category 4 or 5 strength have made landfall on the continental United States. That means that a Category 4 or 5 landfall on the United States takes place only once every six or seven years.

Located at 25.35N 117.20E, Makkhala has become a typhoon category 1 and made landfall at Fujian, China. The system is moving north-northwestward near 25 km/h (14 knots). The maximum sustained wind speed is 130 km/h (70 kt) with higher gusts.

It is forecasted that Mekkhala will weaken to a tropical depression as it moves northward.

The China Meteorological Administration has issued a Level III emergency. Strong winds, heavy rainfall, and storms will continue to affect Taiwan.

Update 10th August 12:00 p.m. UTC

Tropical Storm Mekkhala becomes the sixth named cyclone of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. Mekkhala is currently located near 20.2N 118.7E, moving near 16,5 km/h (9 knots) northward.

Maximum sustained winds are near 65 km/h (35 knots). As Mekkhala moves toward Taiwan Strait it continues to consolidate and is expected to weaken once it makes landfall between the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou.

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Currently located at 22.5N 116.5W, Hurricane Elida moves toward the west-northwest near 24 km/h (13 knots). This motion is expected with a decrease in forward speed through Wednesday and a turn toward the northwest on Wednesday night and Thursday.

Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 14 km/h (59 knots) with higher gusts. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 110 km. Rapid weakening is expected as Elida will move over colder water.

For the next day or two, swells generated by Elida are expected to affect portions of the coast of west-central Mexico and the southern Baja California peninsula.

Update 11th August 7:30 a.m. UTC

Located at 20.1N 112.1W, Elida has strengthened to become a hurricane. Elida is moving toward the west-northwest near 22 km/h (12 knots) and this motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected through Thursday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 140 km/h (75,5 knots). Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 km from the center.

Swells are expected to affect portions of the coast of west-central Mexico and the southern Baja California peninsula during the next day or two. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

Update 10th August 10:30 a.m. UTC

Pacific hurricane season 2020 has its fifth named cyclone – Elida. Currently located near 18.3N 108.8W, Elida is moving toward the west-northwest near 24 km/h (19 knots) and this motion is expected to continue through Wednesday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 100 km/h (54 knots) with higher gusts. Elida is expected to strengthen and become a hurricane later today and then start weakening on Tuesday.

No coastal watches or warnings are in effect. Swells generated by Elida are expected to affect portions of the coast of west-central Mexico and the southern Baja California peninsula.

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While Douglas remained a strong Category 1 hurricane, all the Hawaiian islands were saved from the direct hurricane force impacts. The hurricane warning for Kauai has been cancelled.

The system is now moving quickly away from Kauai and then farther out to sea at 25 km/h (13 KT) and maximum sustainable winds 62 km/h (33 KT).

Update: 27th of July, 08:00 a.m. UTC

Located near 22.2N 158.0W, Hurricane Douglas continues its movement toward the west-northwest near 26 km/h (14 knots). This motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days. It's forecasted that Douglas will pass near Oahu and Kauai within the next hours.

Maximum sustained winds are near 140 km/h (76 knots) with higher gusts. Weakening is expected, however, Douglas will have a hurricane strength when passing near Oahu and Kauai.

Heavy rainfall associated with Douglas is expected to affect portions of the main Hawaiian Islands on Monday as well as damaging winds, and dangerously high surf.

Update: 26th of July, 10:30 p.m. UTC

Douglas remains a Category 1 hurricane moving west-northwest at 21.2N 155.7W, which places the center of the system east of Maui County.

The maximum sustainable winds are now 138 km/h (75 KT).

Hurricane watches are in effect for Oahu and Kauai County, tropical storm warnings are in effect for Hawaii County and Maui County.

Update: 26th of July, 02:30 p.m. UTC

The center of the Hurricane Douglas is located at 20.5N 153.6W and currently is moving toward the west-northwest near 26 km/h (14 knots). This motion is expected for the next couple of days. The forecast is that Douglas will pass very close to the main Hawaiian Islands later today.

Maximum sustained winds are 150 km/h (81 knots) with higher gusts. Douglas should be slowly weakening within the next 48 hours, but when passing near or over the islands, it will be with hurricane intensity. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 km from the center.

The close passage of Douglas brings damaging winds, flooding rainfall, and dangerously high surf, especially along east facing shores.

Update: 26th of July, 08:00 a.m. UTC

Hurricane Douglas is currently at 20.1N 152.0W with maximum sustainable winds 148 km/h (80 KT).

Douglas is expected to move near or over portions of the Hawaiian Islands Sunday through Monday. Strong winds, dangerous surf and heavy rainfall could affect portions of the state.

Due to the Douglas nature of approach, it is essential to watch its movement closely as any slight change in its track can result into significant differences.

Hurricane watches have been issued for Oahu, Big Island of Hawaii, Maui County, Lanai, Molokai and Kahoolawe.

Update: 26th of July, 01:00 a.m. UTC

Hurricane Douglas is currently at 19.5N 150.1W with maximum sustainable winds 148 km/h (80 KT).

After it strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane, Douglas is now slowly weakening, moving quickly west-northwest. However reaching land as a hurricane is still a possibility, faster weakening would cause Douglas to strike the islands only as a tropical storm.

Hurricane watches have been issued for Oahu, Big Island of Hawaii, Maui County, Lanai, Molokai and Kahoolawe.

Due to the Douglas nature of approach, it is essential to watch its movement closely as any slight change in its track can result into significant differences.

Update: 25th of July, 02:30 p.m. UTC

Hurricane Douglas, located at 18.7N 147.7W, continues its journey west-northwest near 29 km/h (16 knots). This motion is expected to continue through Saturday with a slight decrease in forward speed and a turn to the west. Maximum sustained winds decreased to 177 km/h (95 knots).

While weakening is forecasted to continue through the weekend it still will be near hurricane strength when it is near the Hawaiian Island.
It is expected that Douglas will reach the Hawaiian Islands Saturday night through Sunday night, passing close or over them. Especially east facing shores should remain prepared for heavy rainfall, landslides and large swells.

Update: 25th of July, 06:30 a.m. UTC

Hurricane Douglas, located at 18.2N 145.9W, continues its journey west-northwest near 31 km/h (16 knots). This motion is expected to continue through Saturday with a slight decrease in forward speed and a turn to the west. Maximum sustained winds decreased to 185 km/h (100 knots). Its force winds extend outward up to 165 km from the center.

While weakening is forecasted to continue through the weekend it still will be near hurricane strength when it is near the Hawaiian Island.
It is expected that Douglas will reach the Hawaiian Islands Saturday night through Sunday night, passing close or over them.

Heavy rainfall, which could result in life-threatening flash flooding and landslides is expected.
Hurricane conditions are possible on the Big Island late Saturday night and Sunday, tropical storm conditions by Saturday evening. These conditions are also over Maui County and Oahu.
Large swells, that could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions for a couple of days are expected.

Update: 24th of July, 08:30 a.m. UTC

Hurricane Douglas continues its movement toward the west-northwest near 30 km/h (16 knots), currently located at 15.9N 138.8. Maximum sustained winds have increased to 215 km/h (116 knots).

The motion towards the Hawaiian Islands is expected to continue for the next few days with a gradual decrease in forward speed and a slight turn toward the west.

The forecast indicates that Douglas will be near Hawaiian Island on Sunday possibly bringing strong winds, dangerous surf, and heavy rainfall beginning on Saturday night or Sunday.

Update: 23rd of July, 10:30 a.m. UTC

Currently located at 13.1N 134.0W, Douglas is moving towards the west-northwest near 28 km/h (15 knots). Maximum sustained winds have increased to 195 km/h (105 knots). It is expected to move near or over portions of the Hawaiian Islands this weekend.

Hurricane Douglas is strengthening to become a major hurricane on Friday. This could impact Hawaii, whether it will make direct landfall or not, with heavy rainfall and winds.

Update: 21st of July, 10:30 a.m. UTC

Located at 13.0N 122.8W, Tropical Storm Douglas has become the fourth named cyclone of the 2020 Pacific hurricane season. The maximum sustained winds are 95 km/h (51 knots) and the present movement is 22 km/h (11 knots) towards west-southwest.

Douglas continues to strengthen and it is expected to reach hurricane strength on Wednesday and peak intensity on early Friday morning.

There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

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Tropical Storm Arthur striked North Carolina with heavy rains and maximum sustainable winds 96 km/h (52 KT). On Monday afternoon, the storm was moving at 25 km/h (13 KT) with its center fading away from the coasts.

Arthur is expected to weaken later today or on Wednesday and completely dissipate by the end of the week. The next movement is likely to be to the east and to the south tomorrow.

Update: 17th of May, 8 p.m. UTC

The first tropical storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season Arthur has made its appearance and is currently moving close to North Carolina coasts at position 31.0°N 77.3°W with maximum sustained winds 72 km/h (45 mph).

The impacts of the storm could cause knocking out trees or power outages, in a low laying areas minor flooding. Arthur will also bring swells from east coast of Florida to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic in the upcoming days.

The storm is expected to reach the land on Monday with rains and gusty winds. The hurricane warnings have been issued for Surf City and Duck, North Carolina.

The next development is quite uncertain, storm can get pushed out to sea as well as move farther inland due to high pressure.

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Powerful extratropical cyclone will hit Iceland on Valentine's Day. Iceland will get hurricane-force winds with dangerous wind gusts, possibly exceeding 200 km/h (124 mph).

Icelandic Met Office has updated its warnings:

• Red alert is in effect for Reykjavik - Capital Region, South Iceland, Faxafloi - Southwest Iceland and Southeast Iceland
• Orange alert is in effect for Reykjavik - Capital Region, South Iceland, Faxafloi - Southwest Iceland, Breidafjordur - Westnorthwest Iceland, Westfjords, Northwest Iceland, Northeast Iceland, East Iceland, Eastfjords, Southeast Iceland and Central highlands - Uninhabited part of Iceland
• Yellow alert is in effect for Reykjavik - Capital Region, South Iceland, Faxafloi - Southwest Iceland, East Iceland and Southeast Iceland

(Get the latest warnings at en.vedur.is/alerts)

The North Atlantic is now at its maximum and produces one rapidly intensifying low pressure area after another. These storms then travel east-northeast towards Greenland and Iceland, bringing strong winds, heavy rainfall and snow to Ireland, the UK and continental Europe.

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• Storm Dennis to hit Britain and Europe with very strong winds this weekend
• Storm Dennis – The Meteorologists's Commentary
• What is the difference between tropical and extratropical cyclone

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• Update The National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Tropical Depression Barry, located inland near the Louisiana-Arkansas border. Future information on this system will be contained in public advisories issued by the NOAA Weather Prediction Center beginning at 10 PM CDT (15 July 2019, 12:00 a.m. UTC)
• Update Barry weakened to Tropical Depression. At 4:00 p.m. CDT (9:00 p.m. UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Barry was located by NOAA Doppler radars and surface observations near latitude 32.8 North, longitude 93.6 West. Life-threatening flash flooding expected along its path inland from Louisiana through portions of Arkansas, Mississippi,SE Missouri, and W Tennessee through at least Monday
  
• Update The primary threat for the next few days will be widespread heavy rainfall (14 July 2019, 4:00 p.m. UTC)
• Update TS Barry is Moving Northward Over Northwestern Louisiana (14 July 2019, 3:00 p.m. UTC)
• Update Tropical Storm Barry remains a significant flooding threat for the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Mid-South. There is a high risk of Flash Flooding today in portions of Louisiana (14 July 2019, 1:00 p.m. UTC)
• Update The storm made landfall near Intracoastal City, about 160 miles west of New Orleans, its winds fell to 70mph (Tropical Storm)
• Update: Barry strenghtened to Cat 1 hurricane, makes landfall along the Louisiana coast (N29°36'0", W92°0'0", 75mph, 10hPa - 3:55 p.m. UTC. Get total winds forecast here

Earlier coverage:

Winds from Tropical Storm Barry reached Louisiana's coast Friday morning. Late afternoon, Barry was located about 70 miles south-southeast of Morgan City, Louisiana, and its maximum sustained winds were 65 mph.

Barry is moving toward the west-northwest near 6 mph (9 km/h) and is expected to make landfall, possibly as a hurricane, on Saturday morning.

On the forecast track, the center of Barry will approach the central or southeastern coast of Louisiana through tonight and then make landfall over the central Louisiana coast on Saturday.

After landfall, Barry is expected to move generally northward through the Mississippi Valley through Sunday night.

Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph (100 km/h) with higher gusts.

Strengthening is forecast before landfall, and Barry is expected to be a hurricane when the center reaches the Louisiana coast on Saturday.

Weakening is expected after Barry moves inland.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles (280 km) from the center.

An oil rig located southwest of the Mouth of the Mississippi River recently reported sustained winds of 74 mph and a wind gust of 85 mph at an elevation of 295 ft.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 993 mb (29.33 inches).

(Tropical Storm Barry Advisory Number 10 - 400 PM CDT...2100 UTC)

Damaging wind isn’t the only threat a hurricane or a tropical storm can bring

Barry is expected to bring heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge to Louisiana. Storm surge and flooding can be just as damaging as high winds. 10-20 inches are expected to fall in parts of Louisiana and southwest Mississippi, some areas could see up to 25 inches of rain.

Federal emergency was declared for the state as crews prepare for storm surge.

Flooding in Dauphin Island’s West End

Flooding is already occurring on roads in Dauphin Island’s West End ahead of Barry's landfall.

The road to Grand Isle

Watches and warnings in effect

Hurricane Warning

• Intracoastal City to Grand Isle

Tropical Storm Warning

• Mouth of the Pearl River to Grand Isle
• Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas including metropolitan New
  Orleans
• Intracoastal City to Cameron

Storm Surge Warning

• Intracoastal City to Biloxi
• Lake Pontchartrain

Storm Surge Watch

• Biloxi to the Mississippi/Alabama border

Hurricane Watch

• Mouth of the Mississippi River to Grand Isle
• Intracoastal City to Cameron

Tropical Storm Watch

• East of the Mouth of the Pearl River to the Mississippi/Alabama border

Satellite imagery

12 July 2019

11 July 2019

Related links

• The latest satellite images on Windy
• Tropical Storm Barry Public Advisory (NHC/NOAA)
• NHC Director Ken Graham discusses the impacts from Tropical Storm Barry