Storm update: Maria strengthens to Cat. 4. Boston Globe email:

[applegrove]

"SNIP.......

Hurricane Maria has strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it heads toward the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Monday afternoon. The agency said the storm is growing in strength as it approaches land, and the eye of the storm is expected to pass near Dominica Monday evening.

Meanwhile, a tropical storm warning was issued for parts of Massachusetts prior to the arrival of Hurricane Jose, which is expected to bring strong winds, heavy rains, and the threat of flooding.

.......SNIP"

[Rustyeye77]

1. Sheeeeh.

[democratisphere]

2. So glad global warming and climate change has been outed as alternative facts.

[dhill926]

3. just think how much worse the storms would be....

if climate change were real....

[hatrack]

4. Now Cat 5 (and got there in 24 hours) - 8:00 update 160 mph winds, 925 mb

ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
pressure dropped 35 mb in less than six hours.

BULLETIN
Hurricane Maria Special Advisory Number 11
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL152017
800 PM AST Mon Sep 18 2017

...MARIA BECOMES A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...
...THE EYE AND THE INTENSE INNER CORE IS NEARING DOMINICA...


SUMMARY OF 800 PM AST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...15.3N 61.1W
ABOUT 15 MI...25 KM ESE OF DOMINICA
ABOUT 40 MI...70 KM N OF MARTINIQUE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH...260 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...925 MB...27.32 INCHES

EDIT

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/190002.shtml

[applegrove]

5. Thanks for the update. Vibes to those poor souls in the Caribbean and beyond.