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TOO, AND WE’RE NOT EVEN DONE WITH THE SEASON YET. GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT SOME AT LEAST ONE NAMED STORM OUT THERE. I START WITH THIS REALLY WIDE VIEW AND SHOW YOU PART OF THE PACIFIC, BECAUSE SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS OVER THE WEEKEND, TROPICAL STORM NADINE FORMED RIGHT IN THIS GENTLE PART OF THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND MADE LANDFALL PRETTY QUICKLY WITHIN ABOUT 24 HOURS. AND BELIZE AND KIND OF CREPT THROUGH PORTIONS OF GUATEMALA, BELIZE AND SOUTHERN MEXICO. IT REEMERGED IN THE PACIFIC. IT WAS NO LONGER TROPICAL, BUT IT HAS BECOME TROPICAL AGAIN. THIS IS THE CLUSTER OF STORMS THAT YOU SEE HERE. THIS IS TROPICAL STORM CHRISTY. IT’S IN A NEW OCEAN. GETTING A NEW NAME. BUT IT IS THE REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS TROPICAL STORM NADINE. AND THEN MOVED OUT INTO PARTS OF THE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. CLOSER TO HOME, WE HAVE OSCAR. THIS WAS SITTING OVER CUBA THIS TIME YESTERDAY. NOW SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH EASTERN BAHAMAS. THIS WILL CONTINUE A NORTHEASTERLY TRACK AS A TROPICAL STORM WITH 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND THEN KIND OF A IT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A PATH, BUT LIKELY BECOMING SOMETHING OTHER THAN TROPICAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. BUT THIS IS NOT HEADING TOWARD THE UNITED STATES
Hurricane Kristy strengthens into Category 4 storm in Pacific Ocean
Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters said.The major hurricane was 710 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, and was moving west at 20 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, just shy of Category 5 status, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.Waves generated by Kristy will affect portions of the west coast of the Baja California peninsula late this week, the center said, and those are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.Kristy became a tropical storm Monday off of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast before strengthening Tuesday into a hurricane. Steady to rapid strengthening was expected Wednesday and Thursday, before it starts to gradually weaken beginning on Friday, forecasters said.The storm was expected to continue moving over open waters. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.“This one is moving due westward at a quick forward speed well out to sea, so no concerns for land,” said Brad Reinhart, a senior hurricane specialist at the center.In the Atlantic Ocean, Oscar disintegrated into tropical remnants Tuesday after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday. The island is recovering from flooding and power outages.
MEXICO CITY —
Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters said.
The major hurricane was 710 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, and was moving west at 20 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, just shy of Category 5 status, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.
Waves generated by Kristy will affect portions of the west coast of the Baja California peninsula late this week, the center said, and those are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
Kristy became a tropical storm Monday off of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast before strengthening Tuesday into a hurricane. Steady to rapid strengthening was expected Wednesday and Thursday, before it starts to gradually weaken beginning on Friday, forecasters said.
The storm was expected to continue moving over open waters. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
“This one is moving due westward at a quick forward speed well out to sea, so no concerns for land,” said Brad Reinhart, a senior hurricane specialist at the center.
In the Atlantic Ocean, Oscar disintegrated into tropical remnants Tuesday after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday. The island is recovering from flooding and power outages.
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