Hurricane Rick Churns in the Pacific
October 19, 2009 by Michael
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Hurricane Rick, a powerful category three storm that was once a category five, continues to churn in the Pacific Ocean. As of 5:00 AM PDT, the storm was located about 365 south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and moving to the northwest near 10 miles per hour. It is expected to make a turn toward the north over the next day and slow its forward progress. Maximum sustained winds are 125 MPH with higher gusts. It is expected to make landfall near southern Baja, California, late Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP5+shtml/191136.shtml
Tsunami Warnings Issued
October 7, 2009 by Michael
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Matthew 24:7: ”For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.”
Luke 21:28: ”But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association:
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2336Z 07 OCT 2009
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
VANUATU / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /
NEW CALEDONIA / FIJI / KIRIBATI / KOSRAE / WALLIS-FUTUNA /
HOWLAND-BAKER / MARSHALL IS. / TOKELAU / KERMADEC IS / POHNPEI /
NEW ZEALAND / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA /
NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / CHUUK / INDONESIA
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
WAKE IS. / JARVIS IS. / PALMYRA IS. / GUAM / N. MARIANAS /
JOHNSTON IS. / YAP / MARCUS IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /
FR. POLYNESIA / HAWAII / PHILIPPINES
FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 2203Z 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.0
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
LUGANVILLE, VANUATU 15.5S 167.2E 2312Z 0.04M / 0.2FT 6 MIN
LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND
COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS
CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE
EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
VANUATU ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 2231Z 07 OCT
ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 2324Z 07 OCT
SOLOMON IS. KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 2248Z 07 OCT
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 2328Z 07 OCT
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 2332Z 07 OCT
HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 2336Z 07 OCT
AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 2336Z 07 OCT
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 2346Z 07 OCT
FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 2348Z 07 OCT
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0003Z 08 OCT
PAPUA NEW GUINE KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0005Z 08 OCT
AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0007Z 08 OCT
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0033Z 08 OCT
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0059Z 08 OCT
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0107Z 08 OCT
PORT MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0123Z 08 OCT
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0125Z 08 OCT
MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 0145Z 08 OCT
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0208Z 08 OCT
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0229Z 08 OCT
TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 0013Z 08 OCT
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 0015Z 08 OCT
FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0037Z 08 OCT
KIRIBATI TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 0037Z 08 OCT
KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 0132Z 08 OCT
CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 0336Z 08 OCT
MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 0344Z 08 OCT
FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 0414Z 08 OCT
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0056Z 08 OCT
WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS IS. 13.2S 176.2W 0103Z 08 OCT
HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND IS. 0.6N 176.6W 0112Z 08 OCT
MARSHALL IS. MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0120Z 08 OCT
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0123Z 08 OCT
ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0149Z 08 OCT
TOKELAU NUKUNONU IS. 9.2S 171.8W 0125Z 08 OCT
KERMADEC IS RAOUL IS. 29.2S 177.9W 0129Z 08 OCT
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0129Z 08 OCT
NEW ZEALAND NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0134Z 08 OCT
EAST CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 0216Z 08 OCT
AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 0233Z 08 OCT
GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 0249Z 08 OCT
NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 0310Z 08 OCT
AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 0314Z 08 OCT
NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 0329Z 08 OCT
MILFORD SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 0335Z 08 OCT
WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 0339Z 08 OCT
WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 0350Z 08 OCT
NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 0418Z 08 OCT
LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 0444Z 08 OCT
BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 0453Z 08 OCT
DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 0519Z 08 OCT
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.8W 0141Z 08 OCT
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 0152Z 08 OCT
TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 175.2W 0152Z 08 OCT
AUSTRALIA BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 0155Z 08 OCT
CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0204Z 08 OCT
SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 0228Z 08 OCT
GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0301Z 08 OCT
MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0322Z 08 OCT
HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 0355Z 08 OCT
NIUE NIUE IS. 19.0S 170.0W 0211Z 08 OCT
COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA IS. 10.8S 165.9W 0216Z 08 OCT
PENRYN IS. 8.9S 157.8W 0323Z 08 OCT
RAROTONGA 21.2S 159.8W 0325Z 08 OCT
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0217Z 08 OCT
INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0233Z 08 OCT
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0316Z 08 OCT
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0336Z 08 OCT
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0404Z 08 OCT
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0423Z 08 OCT
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0437Z 08 OCT
GEME 4.6N 126.8E 0443Z 08 OCT
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0250Z 08 OCT
JARVIS IS. JARVIS IS. 0.4S 160.1W 0307Z 08 OCT
PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA IS. 6.3N 162.4W 0313Z 08 OCT
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0320Z 08 OCT
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0323Z 08 OCT
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 0325Z 08 OCT
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0330Z 08 OCT
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0342Z 08 OCT
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0344Z 08 OCT
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0425Z 08 OCT
FR. POLYNESIA PAPEETE 17.5S 149.6W 0440Z 08 OCT
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 0450Z 08 OCT
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 0459Z 08 OCT
HILO 19.7N 155.1W 0511Z 08 OCT
PHILIPPINES DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 0458Z 08 OCT
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
Typhoon Parma Headed Toward Philippines
October 2, 2009 by Michael
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Typhoon Parma, a tropical storm in the Pacific, is barreling toward the Philippines. The storm is packing winds of 120 MPH sustained, with gusts up to 140 MPH. While not officially classified as a super typhoon, it will be if and when sustained winds reach 133 MPH. 50,000 people have been evacuated in anticipation of the storm’s arrival.
Hurricane Fred Now a Category Three Storm
September 9, 2009 by Michael
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Hurricane Fred has now become a category three storm with maximum sustained winds near 120 MPH. The center of the hurricane is located about 540 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde islands and is moving toward the northwest at 13 miles per hour. Fred is currently no threat to land.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/090835.shtml
Hurricane Jimena Makes Landfall
September 2, 2009 by Michael
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The National Hurricane Center has reported that Hurricane Jimena has made landfall on the Baja peninsula in California. The storm has decreased in intensity to a category one storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. The center of the storm is just southeast of San Buenaventura, Mexico, and is moving to the north near 13 miles per hour. Jimena is expected to weaken to tropical storm status tonight.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP3+shtml/022039.shtml
Hurricane Jimena 9/2 8:00 AM PT Update
September 2, 2009 by Michael
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The National Hurricane Center has reported conditions for Hurricane Jimena as of 8:00 AM PDT. The storm has been downgraded to a category three hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour and is moving to the north-northwest at 13 MPH. The storm is centered about 30 miles north-northeast of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico, and is still expected to produce between five to 10 inches of rain over the southern half of the Baja peninsula and portions of western Mexico during the next two days.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP3+shtml/021436.shtml
Powerful Category 3 Hurricane Jimena Approaching Baja
September 1, 2009 by Michael
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The National Hurricane Center is reporting that Hurricane Jimena, a category three storm in the Pacific Ocean, is expected to make landfall near the southern tip of the Baja peninsula in California tonight or tomorrow. The storm is centered 85 miles west-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and is moving toward the north-northwest at 12 MPH. The storm has weakened from its category four status and now packs winds sustained at 120 miles per hour. The hurricane is expected to dump between five and 10 inches of widespread rain with local isolated amounts upwards of 15 inches.
Tropical Storm Danny Forms in Atlantic
August 26, 2009 by Michael
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Tropical Storm Danny, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 45 MPH, has formed in the Atlantic and is currently centered about 445 miles east of Nassau and is moving to the west-northwest at approximately 18 MPH. Tropical force winds extend outward about 140 miles and the storm pressure is currently at 1009 millibars.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/261443.shtml
Tropical Storm Ignacio 8/26 Update
August 26, 2009 by Michael
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Tropical Storm Ignacio continues to spin in the Pacific about 815 miles west of the southern tip of Baja, California. The tropical system is moving to the northwest near 14 MPH with maximum sustained winds of 50 MPH. It is projected to continue in its current track and weaken over the next 24 to 36 hours.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP2+shtml/260831.shtml
Tropical Storm Ignacio Update
August 25, 2009 by Michael
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Tropical Storm Ignacio continues to churn in the Pacific Ocean. At 2:00 AM PDT, the storm’s center was located about 650 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja, California and moving to the west-northwest near 12 MPH. Currently, the maximum sustained winds at 40 MPH but is expected to strengthen over the next 24-48 hours.
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