deth » dean http://www.deth.org interesting weather, gadgets and other observations Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:52:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Hurricane Dean just before landfall http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-just-before-landfall/ http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-just-before-landfall/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:01:14 +0000 Carl http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-just-before-landfall/ Hurricane Dean is a category three storm now with sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. It’s over the Yucatan now being over away from it’s fuel source it should continue to weaken until it gets back over water.

Dean made landfall as a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 165 miles per hour and gusts to 200 mph. It isn’t too often you get the chance to watch a strengthening category five hurricane make landfall. It had a minimum pressure of 906 millibars at landfall. It’s in the top ten for strongest storms in the Atlantic basin.
Hurricane Dean just before landfall

]]> http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-just-before-landfall/feed/ 0 Hurricane Dean is Now a Category Five Storm http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-is-now-a-category-five-storm/ http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-is-now-a-category-five-storm/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:10:08 +0000 Carl http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-is-now-a-category-five-storm/ Hurricane Dean is approaching the Yucatan peninsula right now and should make landfall overnight. It’s finally reached category five status with winds at 160 miles per hour. It has been fun watching it develope and strengthen.

Hopefully it doesn’t hit a very populated area of Mexico because 160 mile an hour winds can cause a lot of destruction. It’s almost enough to make me feel guilty for loving extreme weather. I don’t think I’ll be sleeping much tonight. I feel the need to watch the hurricane now.

]]> http://www.deth.org/2007/08/21/hurricane-dean-is-now-a-category-five-storm/feed/ 0 Category 4 Hurricane Dean http://www.deth.org/2007/08/19/category-4-hurricane-dean/ http://www.deth.org/2007/08/19/category-4-hurricane-dean/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:39:20 +0000 Carl http://www.deth.org/2007/08/19/category-4-hurricane-dean/ Hurricane Dean is still a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds near 145 miles per hour. It should be close to Jamaica later today. Hopefully for them it wobbles a bit to the south. The storm looks very symmetric on satellite this morning. I wouldn’t be surprised if it makes category 5 or was a category five storm at some point yesterday.

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