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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHurricane Lorenzo packs Category 4 winds -- and presents an ominous climate signal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/27/hurricane-lorenzo-packs-category-winds-presents-an-ominous-climate-signal/
National Hurricane Center: Its "one of the largest and most powerful hurricanes of record for the central tropical Atlantic.
By Matthew Cappucci September 27 at 11:06 AM
As Tropical Storm Karen withers away, Hurricane Lorenzo has become one of the largest and most powerful hurricanes of record for the tropical central Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Now packing 140 mph winds, Lorenzo became a Category 4 storm Thursday farther east than any other previous storm on record, save for Julia in 2010. While far from any populous land masses at the moment, Lorenzo could be having an impact on the Azores in just under a weeks time all the while marking a potentially ominous climate signal.
The Category 4s sprawling cloud shield spans more than 1,000 miles roughly the distance from Washington, D.C., to Miami; including its outflow, it would be large enough to cover the entire East Coast beneath overcast.
Lorenzo had the makings of a top-tier storm from the start. The National Hurricane Center delineated it as an area to watch, with a likely chance of development, even while it was still a mere tropical wave over the African continent.
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National Hurricane Center: Its "one of the largest and most powerful hurricanes of record for the central tropical Atlantic.
By Matthew Cappucci September 27 at 11:06 AM
As Tropical Storm Karen withers away, Hurricane Lorenzo has become one of the largest and most powerful hurricanes of record for the tropical central Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Now packing 140 mph winds, Lorenzo became a Category 4 storm Thursday farther east than any other previous storm on record, save for Julia in 2010. While far from any populous land masses at the moment, Lorenzo could be having an impact on the Azores in just under a weeks time all the while marking a potentially ominous climate signal.
The Category 4s sprawling cloud shield spans more than 1,000 miles roughly the distance from Washington, D.C., to Miami; including its outflow, it would be large enough to cover the entire East Coast beneath overcast.
Lorenzo had the makings of a top-tier storm from the start. The National Hurricane Center delineated it as an area to watch, with a likely chance of development, even while it was still a mere tropical wave over the African continent.
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Hurricane Lorenzo packs Category 4 winds -- and presents an ominous climate signal (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Sep 2019
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Wounded Bear
(58,596 posts)1. So far they're saying it'll stay away from major landforms, but damn!
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)2. Lorenzo is also a Mexican euphemism for Crazy. nt
Left-face
(59 posts)3. Well crud..
And I've been thinking quite a bit about packing up and moving to the Azores..SERIOUSLY.. Real estate there is cheap and their immigration laws are pretty easy not to mention their drug laws are decriminalized and....It really is a beautiful place out in the middle (almost) of the Atlantic ocean.. I'm betting real estate is about to become even cheaper..and much of the housing stock is built from stone.. There's a lot to like about the Azores minus a rather large hurricane..
malaise
(268,684 posts)4. I was shocked when I saw the strength here
This could affect Europe