Hurricane Loses A Little Steam

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Hurricane Joaquin over Bahamas on October. 1.

Residents of the mid-Atlantic British dependency secured patio furniture and stocked up on gas as the Category 3 hurricane’s outer bands buffeted Bermuda with gusty winds and scattered rain.

The crew reported that the ship had lost power, had taken on water and was listing 15 degrees but that the situation was “manageable”, in their last communication on Thursday morning, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, said.

Huge thunderstorms can been off to the north of the enormous category 4 storm.

It will head towards the United Kingdom from there and as it does, it weakens gradually across the Atlantic over the cooler water.

The Government of the Bahamas has discontinued all watches and warnings for the northwestern Bahamas. Rick Meehan, mayor of Ocean City said.

Two of the stations solar panels are seen in the photo as well as portions of the USA east coast including Florida.

However, while the storm is curving away from land, it’s a deep source of moisture still, and two unrelated systems, an upper level low and a Bermuda high, have joined to funnel that moisture inland. It’s moving north at 3 miles per hour (6 kph).

“This settled weather continues into Friday as well, so it is a rather contrasting week”.

Record rainfall lashed the state Sunday, resulting in what the National Weather Service called “historic and life-threatening flooding”.

Hurricane Joaquin has hit America, Barbados and Bermuda this week, and it could be heading our way.

TODAY: A few more breaks in the clouds, and a little less wind. “We have had roads washed out, sinkholes forming”, he said.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported three weather-related traffic fatalities over the weekend. However, the course of the storm remains uncertain and it could have major impacts in our area. All communications were lost at 7:20 a.m. ET. The cargo ship with a 33-person crew, including 28 Americans, has been missing since Thursday.

Hurricane Center in Miami said.

“We would be very concerned about them”, Greene said.

The sky is overcast on south Eleuthera island, Bahamas, early… Forecasters shifted its likely path farther away from the U.S. East Coast.

The storm also has been linked to a drowning in Spartanburg, South Carolina. “There’s no question”, said Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist with the center.

On Friday evening, Coast Guard Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios said the planes and helicopters involved in the search had returned to base because of darkness and would resume the search for the ship at first light.

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) – A weakening Hurricane Joaquin moved past Bermuda and farther out into the Atlantic after pounding the wealthy financial haven and tourist destination with heavy rains and winds.

Authorities in the Bahamas were expected to need days to assess damage on the hundreds of islands and cays that form the archipelago.

A hurricane warning is in effect for Bermuda.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the individuals and their families.

The hurricane hit the Bahamas hard on Friday, the Associated Press reported. “I think the most critical importance for us is that we share as much information as we have, that we’re upfront about the situations as we possibly can be”.

Hurricane Joaquin is battering the central Bahamas and moving northward. He says people aren’t panicking too much. All of the winds are slamming up against the east coast.

Laurie Bobillot, whose daughter, Danielle Randolph, is a second mate on the El Faro, said Sunday she was trying not to lose hope after almost four days anxiously waiting for news of the ship. About 100 people had to be helped from low-lying homes in Salem, Virginia. It has sustained top winds of 125 miles per hour (205 kph).

The islands from Eleuthera to Long Island and Crooked Island endured the worst and an extended period of Joaquin’s fury late last week as the once-major hurricane slowly tracked through the region.

Tim Williams has more on how Joaquin could affect Maryland weather this week.

“Joaquin is going to generate a lot of wave energy”, Knabb said.

The minimum central pressure just extrapolated by an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is 942 millibars.