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Bill it looks like Guillermo has headed out to sea.

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Bill churned in the Atlantic Ocean toward the west-northwest as a major Category 3 hurricane Tuesday evening.

Around 8:30 p.m., reports from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plane indicated Bill had strengthened, with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph.

When a hurricane's sustained winds reach 111 mph, it reaches Category 3 status. When sustained winds reach 131 mph, it becomes a Category 4 storm.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/0 ... index.html

Bill is now a CAT 4.

WTNT33 KNHC 191444
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009
1100 AM AST WED AUG 19 2009

...POWERFUL HURRICANE BILL EXPECTED TO PASS WELL NORTH OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS...

INTERESTS IN THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF BILL.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.3 WEST OR ABOUT 380 MILES...
610 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ABOUT 1080 MILES
...1735 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND THURSDAY. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHWARD IS EXPECTED THEREAFTER.

DATA FROM A NOAA P-3 PLANE AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. BILL IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

BILL IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 80 MILES...130 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM...PRIMARILY TO
THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES.

LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH BILL WILL BE IMPACTING THE ISLANDS OF
THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. LARGE
SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH BILL SHOULD ALSO BEGIN TO AFFECT BERMUDA AND
PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.

...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.7N 56.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...135 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 18 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.

$$
FORECASTER AVILA

MIAMI (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Bill, a dangerous Category 4 storm with 135 mph winds, raged across the open Atlantic on Wednesday, days from land but on a path that could menace Canada's eastern provinces next week.

Sweeping past the Caribbean islands and posing no threat to U.S. oil and gas installations in the Gulf of Mexico, the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season was expected to charge between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda, well offshore.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/ ... JI20090819

Strong Storms Hit US as Bill Becomes 'Extremely Dangerous'
20-Aug-2009
Colorado Tornado
Don't say we didn't warn you: Powerful storms crossed the central and northeastern US as Hurricane Bill became an 'extremely dangerous' storm in the South Atlantic. So far this year, the US tornado season has been relatively mild, but it threatened to increase in intensity today as powerful storms struck from Colorado to New York.New York's Central Park lost over a hundred trees to 80 MPH winds, one of the strongest storms to strike the park in years. Meanwhile, Hurricane Bill increased in strength to a Category 4 storm and was expected to strengthen further as it continues to move north and west toward the US East Coast.
http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=7782

I apologize for being off topic, as usual, but does anybody else see the tsunami created by the earthquake offshore in the north west? In the New Year’s predictions I believe I mentioned that .

Question?
What good is seeing if you are helpless bystander?
What good are visions that you have no control over the outcome?

Swerdloc, SETIsLady, Hurricane Joanie and anyone else in the path of this storm stay safe.

Mass. Under Tropical Storm Warning
By CHRIS GILLETTE, AP
posted: 33 MINUTES AGOcomments:

HAMILTON, Bermuda (Aug. 22) - Hurricane Bill shut the airport and caused flooding but no casualties on Bermuda on Saturday, then prompted tropical storm warnings for parts of Canada and the U.S. coast — including President Obama's planned vacation spot.
Bill had winds of 100 mph after blowing between Bermuda and the East Coast of the U.S.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami warned that Bill could bring "extremely dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents to parts of the U.S. East Coast over the weekend before making a direct hit on Canada's Maritime Provinces as a tropical storm on Sunday.
Officials declared a tropical storm warning for the Massachusetts coast, including Obama's planned vacation spot of Martha's Vineyard, though the storm's eye was expected to stay offshore and pass that island before the president arrives on Sunday.
The warning, which also includes Nantucket, means meaning tropical storm-force winds of 40 mph or more could hit in the next 24 hours.
Bill was expected to start weakening Saturday night, but the Canadian Hurricane Center issued tropical storm and hurricane warnings for parts of the province of Nova Scotia.
http://news.aol.com/article/mass-coast- ... ?icid=main|

Stay safe East Coasters.........

Looks like Nova Scotia might need to get ready for a blow.

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine (Aug. 23) – Officials say a large wave in Maine swept five people into the sea and three are still missing.
A crowd at Acadia National Park had been gathered on some rocks Sunday watching the surf when the wave washed over them. Two people have been recovered. The Coast Guard and search crews are looking for the three others.
http://news.aol.com/article/hurricane-bill/634859

This is sad, don't know why people take such chances.

Tropical Storm Danny forms in Atlantic

(AP) — Tropical Storm Danny has formed in the open Atlantic off the Bahamas.
Forecasters say the storm has top winds of 45 mph and is moving to the west-northwest at 18 mph. The storm could get stronger in the next two days.

As of 11 a.m. ET Tuesday, the storm's center was about 445 miles east of Nassau, Bahamas and about 775 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C.

The current forecast has the storm on a path to clip the U.S. East Coast over the weekend, but a storm's track can be difficult to predict days in advance. People in the Bahamas and the southeastern USA were advised to monitor the storm.

Meanwhile, far out in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Ignacio has weakened as it moves northwest with top winds of 45 mph.

Animated Map at link:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/ ... odule_News

MIAMI (Aug. 27) – Tropical Storm Danny has strengthened a little in the Atlantic as it moves toward land while Ignacio has been downgraded to a tropical depression far out in the Pacific.
Forecasters say people in the Carolinas and northward to New England should monitor Danny's progress.
http://news.aol.com/article/tropical-st ... tic/635280

August 31, 2009 - Hurricane Jimena Now Cat 5.

Maximum sustained winds of 155 mph threaten
20,000 families on Mexico's Baja peninsula.

The port of Cabo San Lucas has been shut for the storm
and an international tax conference was moved inland to Mexico City.
See Forecast Tracks: NOAA National Hurricane Center.

UPDATE 1-Powerful hurricane hones in on Mexico resort
Tue Sep 1, 2009 10:47am EDT
Tourists flee Los Cabos resort areas

* Hurricane Jimena almost a Category 5 storm

By Jason Lange

LOS CABOS, Mexico, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Hurricane Jimena, an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, barreled toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, forcing tourists to flee the Los Cabos resort area.

Carrying winds of nearly 155 mph (250 kph), Jimena was due to brush past the tip of the peninsula, home to world class golf courses and yachting marinas, later on Tuesday before making landfall in a sparsely populated area.

Residents, many of them poor hotel workers or builders, huddled into shelters and U.S. tourists sought early flights home to avoid the howling winds and torrential rain.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsN ... 5120090901