Hurricane Sam is a Category 4 storm, but still well offshore
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Updated: 5:17 AM PDT Sep 27, 2021
BROOKE? BROOKE: WELL, THAT IS HORRIFYI.NG BUSY IN THE ATLANTIC A SIN. WE HAVE ONE MAJOR HURRICANE. THE REMNANTS OF TERESA AND THE REMNTSAN OF PETER THAT COULD POSSIBLY REFORM AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES, AND ANOTRHE AREA WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT CAN BE MOVGIN OFF OF AFRICA. THIS IS OUR FOURTH MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE SEASON, AND THIS WAS LOOKING VERY STRONG. RI GHT NOW, OVER THE OPEN WATERS, NOT A LOT OF OBSTACLES IN THE WAY, SO THIS STILL EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN INTO A VERY STRONG CATEGORY OR, MAYBE EVEN ON THE CUSP OF BECOMING OUR FIRST CATEGORY FIVE STORM OF THE SEASON. I KNOW IT DOES LOOK SCARY, BUT IT WILL EVENTULYAL MAKE THIS CURVE BACK OUT TO S,EA NOT IMPACTING THE LESSER ANTILLES, THE LEEWARD ISLANDS, OR EVEN THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. IT WILL NOT IMPACT FLORIDA EITHER. MODELS AGREEING IT WILL PRETTY MUCH SNEAKTS I WAY IN AND STAY AWAY FROM THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES FOR THE MOST PART, MAYBE JUST IMPACTING BY THE END OF THE WEEK. COULD BE IACMPTING EASTERN CANADA, BUT LET’S HAVE A LOOK OVER TOWARD EASTERN AFRICA WHERE WE CLDOU SAY -- WE COULD SEE OUR NEXT WAVE MOVING OFF. WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE LIST. WE HAVE TWO NASME LEFT BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR SUPPLEMENTAL HURRICANE LIST. THOSE MOVING AWAY FROM LAND EARLIER TODAY. WE ARE REALLY NOT GOING TO FEEL THE MAJOR AFFECT UNTIL LATER TONIGHT GOING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW. YOU WILL NOTICE IF YOU ARE UP EARLY, THE FLIGHT INCREASE -- THIS LIGHT INCREASE. WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT DRIER AIR. RADAR, THOUGH, PTTYRE QUIET FOR THE MOST PTAR WITH MAYBE AN EXCEPTION OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO. I CAN, KEEPING A STRAY SHOWER IN ETH FORECAST FOR THE REST OF YOUR EVENING AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR EARLY MORNING FOR TOMORROW, MAYBE A YOU SHOWERS CANNOT LEAVE WITHOUT, BUT I THINK THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY SHOULD BE A LOT MORE PLEASANT. YOU WILL NOTICE THEIF DFERENCE FEEL A LOT MORE LIKE FALL. TEMPERATURES REALLY HAVE BEEINN THE MID-70’S, BUT LOOK AT ALL THAT DRY AIR TOMORROW. WE SHOULD EVENTUALLY SEE SOME OF THAT DRIER AIR SINKING INTO THE SOUTH. IT HAS BEEN MAKING QUITE A DIFFERENCE. HIGH-PRESSURE BUILDI IN.NG BEAUTIFUL DAYS AHEAD. LET’S RAIN IN THE FORECAST AS WELL, SO WE WILL SEE SOME DRIER CONDITNSIO TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL, A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY IN BY THE END OF THE W
Hurricane Sam is a Category 4 storm, but still well offshore
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Updated: 5:17 AM PDT Sep 27, 2021
Hurricane Sam was a powerful Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters said late Sunday that it had peaked in intensity.Sam was centered well offshore from land Monday morning, located about 800 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. It was traveling northwest at 8 mph.Sam had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, making it a Category 4 hurricane. Forecasters said there would be little change in its strength over the next day or so, followed by a slow weakening. Sam is expected to remain a major hurricane — Category 3 or higher — through midweek.The Miami-based hurricane center said Sam was a small tropical cyclone, with hurricane-force winds extending outward just 30 miles from its center.No coastal watches or warnings were in effect, however swells from Hurricane Sam could cause dangerous rip current conditions off the coast of the Lesser Antilles early this week, officials said.
Hurricane Sam was a powerful Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters said late Sunday that it had peaked in intensity.
Sam was centered well offshore from land Monday morning, located about 800 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. It was traveling northwest at 8 mph.
Sam had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, making it a Category 4 hurricane. Forecasters said there would be little change in its strength over the next day or so, followed by a slow weakening. Sam is expected to remain a major hurricane — Category 3 or higher — through midweek.
The Miami-based hurricane center said Sam was a small tropical cyclone, with hurricane-force winds extending outward just 30 miles from its center.
No coastal watches or warnings were in effect, however swells from Hurricane Sam could cause dangerous rip current conditions off the coast of the Lesser Antilles early this week, officials said.
