Hurricane Michael heads to Florida
Hurricane Michael heads to Florida
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In September, North Carolina received a direct impact of a hurricane. Now it's Florida's turn.
What began as a tropical disturbance in the Caribbean Sea on October 2, 2018, went on to graze the Yucatan Peninsula and then became Hurricane Michael The storm continued its way through the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect the storm to make landfall in the Panhandle region of Florida or Big Bend around noon on October 10. This area has faced relatively few hurricanes in the past, at least for the US state. UU most terrifying hurricanes than any other.
"Only eight major registered hurricanes have passed within or near Michael's projected landing, and only three of them (Eloise 1975, Opal 1995 and Dennis 2005) occurred in the last 100 years," he said. Marangelly Fonts, an atmospheric NASA scientist who has been following the storm with models maintained by Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (CMMS). "Michael's projected intensity at landing is currently Category 3, which is worrisome because many people living in the Panhandle have little or no experience with such intense storms."
As Michael approaches the earth, two key factors will help regulate the intensity of the storm: ocean temperatures Y wind shear, the difference in wind speeds in the upper and lower parts of a storm. Hot sea water and low wind shear are required for sustain or intensify The force of a hurricane.
Michael managed to strengthen despite facing an important western shear in the Caribbean Sea on October 9, something the National Hurricane Center called "more unusual." Then it went to a low shear area and warm sea water on October 10, where it continued to intensify.
The map above shows sea surface temperatures from October 8 to 9, 2018. Meteorologists generally agree that sea surface temperatures (SSTs) should be above 27.8 ° C (82 °) F) to sustain and intensify hurricanes (although there are some exceptions). The data for the map were compiled by Coral reef watch, which combines the observations of satellites and computer models Suomi NPP, MTSAT, Meteosat and GOES. Information about the storm runway and the winds come from the National Hurricane Center.
different to Hurricane Florence, which hit land on September 14 in North Carolina as a slow-moving category 1 storm, there is no indication that Michael will stop near the coast. "The storm is advancing rapidly, so it is expected that only 6-10 inches (15-25 + centimeters) of precipitation will fall on the Panhandle," Fuentes said.
However, forecasters expect the storm to bring Winds that threaten life and storm surge.. On October 7, the governor of Florida. declared a state of emergency and he urged people on the path of the storm to evacuate.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite acquired this natural color image of Hurricane Michael on the afternoon of October 8, 2018.
Images from the NASA Earth Observatory by Joshua Stevens and Lauren Dauphin, and sea surface temperature data from Coral reef watch, Storm Track information Underground weather and MODIS data NASA EOSDIS / LANCE and GIBS / Worldview. Story of Adam Voiland.
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