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Caribbean-On-Line » Caribbean Hurricanes » Hurricane Omar » Omar has rapidly intensified

October 14, 2008

Omar has rapidly intensified

This is not looking good for the Virgin Islands - the storm is now much more powerful than was forecast just this morning:

TROPICAL STORM OMAR DISCUSSION NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 500 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2008

SATELLITE...RADAR...AND AIR FORCE RECON DATA INDICATE THAT OMAR HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MAXIMUM 850 MB FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OBSERVED HAVE ONLY BEEN 63 KT...RELIABLE SFMR SURFACE WIND DATA HAVE BEEN AS HIGH 57-60 KT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER. THE LOWEST CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY A DROPSONDE WAS 986 MB...BUT THE SURFACE WIND WAS 46 KT. THEREFORE... THE PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 982 MB AND THE INTENSITY HAS BEEN INCREASED TO A CONSERVATIVE 60 KT. OMAR CONTINUES TO GET BETTER ORGANIZED IN BOTH RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY...AND VERY COLD CLOUD TOPS OF -80C TO -87C PERSIST OVER AND NEAR THE CIRCULATION CENTER. ON THE LAST PASS THROUGH THE CENTER OF OMAR...THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A 10-15 NMI DIAMETER EYE WAS FORMING. OUTFLOW ALSO CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND IN ALL QUADRANTS...EXCEPT TO THE NORTHWEST WHERE IT IS SLIGHTLY RESTRICTED.

Comments (3)

quote-icon-20.gif Bill Gove said:

My wife lives in Havana, Cuba. I am ALWAYS watching these posts.


quote-icon-20.gif Clynton Morris said:

I am wishing all my Carribean friends, realatives and general comrades well, and hoping "lighting (hurricane)does not strike twice".

Good luck

Clynton Morris


quote-icon-20.gif ScotZ said:

My wife and I are planned to arrive in St Thomas at 2;00 pm Sunday the 19th for her 50th birthday. Any suggestions?

We have been waiting a year for this trip. I hope it happens.

Thanks
Scot


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