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Live Blog: Dangerous Gonzalo heads for Bermuda

October 17, 2014/0 Comments/by John Homenuk

With benign Autumn weather in place throughout our area today — it actually will be a beautiful day with temperatures in the upper 60’s and lots of sun — our attention turns to Category 4 Hurricane Gonzalo, which is making a bee-line for the island of Bermuda today. Evacuations have already occurred and Hurricane Warnings remain in effect. The National Hurricane Center anticipates winds over 125 miles per hour, dangerous storm surge, dangerous surf, and widespread flooding and damage. Our live blog will update throughout the day with new information as we get it.

Gonzalo heads toward Bermuda as a dangerous Category 4

October 16, 2014/0 Comments/by John Homenuk

Hurricane Gonzalo strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane this morning, and has since strengthened further. Maximum sustained winds within the storm are 145mph as of 11am, with higher gusts. Most concerningly, the system continues to strengthen and organize as it heads northward. The hurricane will eventually take on a slight northeasterly heading, as it moves along the periphery of both an Atlantic ridge to its east, and troughing to its west over the Western Atlantic Ocean.

Most unsettling, obviously, is the forecast track of the system. Models are in good agreement that the storm will make the aforementioned turn, taking the center near or just west of Bermuda during the mid to late afternoon on Friday. This puts Bermuda in a precarious situation — the worst winds will shift to the east side of the system as it makes this turn. Maximum sustained winds are forecast to remain near 130 mph at the time the storm nears Bermuda.