SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ON NOVEMBER 14 2011
This map comes from The Weather Channel App on my phone. The App has been upgraded. I’ve only just discovered the map possibilities. It’s an interesting overview of the differences from the tropics through the temperate zones to the frankly chilly. In September I swam in a pool in Italy that was 15C / 59F (fed from mountain springs). I decided that’s my personal lower limit these days…
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE
HURRICANE IRENE – AUGUST 2011
Daily Posts on HOME PAGE between 23 Aug and 31 Aug 2011, during which I stopped adding to this page. In due course all that material will be moved to its own sub-page here as an archive.
Updated 25 Aug 09.30 GMT Hurricane Irene at Abaco Click me!
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HURRICANE IRENE ABACO UPDATE 25 AUG 03.00 GMT
Check out the progress of Irene using STORMPULSE
STOP PRESS – CURRENT WEATHER AT ROLLING HARBOUR, ABACO, AUG 24 p.m. AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES
This photograph was taken this afternoon, 24 August, at Rolling Harbour on the east coast of Abaco about 25 miles south of Marsh Harbour, down towards Crossing Rocks. Irene is about 300 miles away. Caroline Stahala, who took the photo, reports “serious wind and sea surges”. Thanks ,Caroline, for giving us an idea of what is on its way…
- HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES ABACO 24 AUG P.M.
WEATHER NEWS FLASH
HURRICANE IRENE is en route to Abaco, expected there on Thursday 25 August (based on Marsh Harbour Hurricane Irene tracking predictions)
To check out a wide variety of trackers, forecasts, radar maps and so forth, all on one convenient page (thanks, Wunderground) CLICK===>>> IRENE
To view the dedicated tracking map CLICK===>>> Hurricane Irene : Tracking Map : Weather Underground and scroll down to the large map
To view the storm-centered satellite image CLICK===>>> Hurricane Irene : Storm-Centered Satellite Image : Weather Underground
Finally, for more technical stuff and other tracking maps, check out the ever-reliable and all-knowing Abaco weather information phenomenon that is BAROMETER BOB
Hurricane Irene at Abaco - projected path Aug 25 a.m. (Google Info) - Click Me!
WE ARE THINKING OF YOU…
TROPICAL STORM TRACKER – CLICK LINK for current details
Tropical Storm Don : Tracking Map : Weather Underground
(thanks to Weather Underground for this and Marsh Harbour temperaure / time widget in Sidebar)
HURRICANES AFFECTING ABACO TIMELINES 1920-2009 & detail 2000-09
Click timeline to enlarge
Abaco Hurricane History 1871 – 2010
Years of hurricanes within 60 miles
77 times in 139 years to end of 2010
Names of some hurricanes
Able, Judith, Betsy, Daisy, Janice, Betsy, Floyd, Andrew, Fran, Bertha, Dennis, Michelle, Frances, Jeanne, Franklin, Noel, Hanna, Bonnie
How often the area gets affected?
Brushed or hit every 1.81 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits
Once every 3.76 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on sustained winds not gusts)
110mph
Last affected
2010 July 23rd Tropical Storm Bonnie hit while moving WNW with 40mph winds.
(Thanks to HurricaneCity.com for the stats)
ABACO AVERAGE TEMPERATURES & RAINFALL
| Month | Average High Temp | Average Low Temp | Water Temp | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77°F | 66°F | 70°F | 2″ |
| February | 77°F | 65°F | 71°F | 1.6″ |
| March | 78°F | 67°F | 74°F | 1.4″ |
| April | 81°F | 69°F | 76°F | 1.6″ |
| May | 82°F | 70°F | 79°F | 4.3″ |
| June | 82°F | 70°F | 80°F | 4.3″ |
| July | 87°F | 75°F | 85°F | 3.8″ |
| August | 88°F | 76°F | 86°F | 4.4″ |
| September | 88°F | 75°F | 85°F | 6.2″ |
| October | 84°F | 74°F | 82°F | 7.4″ |
| November | 81°F | 71°F | 79°F | 2.6″ |
| December | 79°F | 67°F | 74°F | 2.2″ |
(Acknowledegement to http://www.abacos.net/weather.html)
