Zeer zware orkaan Michael (Categorie 4) teistert Florida

Strongest U.S. landfalling hurricane on record so late in the year
Landfalling Category 4 hurricanes are rare in the mainland U.S., with just 24 such landfalls since 1851—an average of one every seven years. (Category 5 landfalls are rarer still, with just three on record). Only four Category 4 hurricanes have made landfall in October or later, and just two of these made landfall later than October 10: Hurricane King (October 18, 1950 in Florida), and Hurricane Hazel (October 15, 1954 near the NC/SC border). Both hit with top winds of 130 mph. So, Michael is the strongest U.S. landfalling hurricane on record so late in the year.

In records going back to 1851, only nine hurricanes have struck the Panhandle with Category 3 or stronger winds. The strongest were the 1882 Pensacola hurricane and 1975’s Hurricane Eloise, both of which came ashore with winds of 125 mph. Since 1900, there has been only one Category 4 or 5 landfall anywhere on the northern Gulf Coast (from Beaumont to Cedar Key): Category 5 Hurricane Camille in 1969.

Hurricane Michael made landfall at 2 pm EDT October 10, 2018 near Mexico Beach, FL with top sustained winds of 155 mph and a central pressure of 919 mb. This makes Michael the strongest landfalling mainland U.S. hurricane (by pressure) since Camille of 1969, which had a 900 mb pressure, and the strongest by wind speed since Hurricane Andrew of 1992, which had 165 mph winds. Note that Hurricane Maria of 2017 hit Puerto Rico with winds of 155 mph and a central pressure of 920 mb, and was virtually identical in intensity to Michael.

According to NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division, only two landfalling mainland U.S. hurricanes have hit at a lower pressure--the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane in the FLorida Keys (892 mb) and Hurricane Camille in Mississippi (900 mb), both Category 5 storms. Michael has surpassed the landfall intensity of Category 5 Hurricane Andrew of 1992 in Florida (922 mb), Category 3 Hurricane Katrina of 2005 in Mississippi (920 mb) and Category 4 Hurricane Maria of 2017 in Puerto Rico (920 mb). It’s worth noting that Michael is making landfall more than 20 days later than all of these storms. One good reason for this is the exceptionally warm ocean temperatures in the eastern Gulf of Mexico; Florida had its warmest September on record last month, and this helped heat up the eastern Gulf 1 – 2°C (2 – 4°F) above average.

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quiteron_ twitterde op woensdag 10-10-2018 om 21:29:23 Incredible footage of hurricane Michael making landfall on Mexico Beach, FL. It sounds like a train!#HurricaneMichael #Michael https://t.co/qoc5OWtxIu reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 10 oktober 2018 21:47 schreef Stupidisco het volgende:
Sommige chasers (in dit geval Brett Adair) gaan wel heel erg ver.

Storm Chaser gets caught in Hurricane Michael Storm Surge

Beetje dom wellicht.

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Watched this live. It was probably the most surreal, intense, genuinely terrifying and strangely fascinating thing I've ever watched in all my years on the internet. Bretts wife gave an update around an hour ago confirming that he is safe, but until I read that I honestly thought they were both dead. My heart was in my Watched this live. It was probably the most surreal, intense, genuinely terrifying and strangely fascinating thing I've ever watched in all my years on the internet. Bretts wife gave an update around an hour ago confirming that he is safe, but until I read that I honestly thought they were both dead. My heart was in my mouth.

[ Bericht 10% gewijzigd door #ANONIEM op 10-10-2018 21:51:08 ]

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Op woensdag 10 oktober 2018 21:47 schreef Stupidisco het volgende:
Sommige chasers (in dit geval Brett Adair) gaan wel heel erg ver.

Storm Chaser gets caught in Hurricane Michael Storm Surge

Niet normaal.

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