12am AST update from NHC mentions gusts
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/18/2014, 12:04 am
HURRICANE GONZALO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL082014
1200 AM AST SAT OCT 18 2014

...1200 AM POSITION UPDATE...
...BACK SIDE OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE GONZALO AGAIN LASHING BERMUDA
WITH SUSTAINED HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS...

DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE BERMUDA AIRPORT REPORTED SUSTAINED
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS OF AT LEAST 93 MPH...150 KM/H...WITH A GUST
TO 113 MPH...181 KM/H.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 89 MPH...143 KM/H...AND
A GUST TO 144 MPH...232 KM/H WERE REPORTED AT AN ELEVATED OBSERVING
SITE AT ST. DAVIDS NEAR THE BERMUDA AIRPORT.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 89 MPH...143 KM/H AND A
GUST TO 129 MPH...208 KM/H WERE REPORTED AT AN ELEVATED OBSERVING
SITE AT COMMISSIONER'S POINT BERMUDA.

SUMMARY OF 1200 AM AST...0400 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...32.9N 64.3W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM NE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 030 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB...28.08 INCHES

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FORECASTER STEWART
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Gonzalo has officially made landfall at 8:30pm EDT, passing directly over Bermuda - Chris in Tampa, 10/17/2014, 8:57 pm
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