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Cat 5 Otis nearing landfall in Acapulco,Mexico
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:03 pm to lsuman25
Love Boat put Acapulco on the map.
Otis about to wipe it off.
Otis about to wipe it off.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:04 pm to lsuman25
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In a shocking turn of events, Hurricane #Otis in the Eastern Pacific has unexpectedly, explosively intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in just 12 hours.
Even worse, the storm is expected to make a catastrophic landfall tonight as a Category 5 hurricane near Acapulco, Mexico, home to 1 million people.
Only 18 hours ago, people were expecting a tropical storm at landfall, and now a devastating Category 5 storm is likely.
This is pretty much a worst-case scenario, as residents have little time to find a safe shelter and protect life and property from this life-threatening storm.
A major hurricane (Category 3+) has never made landfall within 50 miles of Acapulco, let alone a Category 5 hurricane.
Otis could become the first Eastern Pacific hurricane ever recorded to make landfall as a Category 5 in Mexico.
Anyone in or near Acapulco should rush storm preparations to completion as there is little time left to shelter from #Otis.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:05 pm to trussthetruzz
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Just to emphasize how poorly hurricane & global models performed for Hurricane Otis... here's the intensity forecasts initialized 24 hours ago, with the dotted black line showing verification:
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:07 pm to lsuman25
From tropical storm to CAT 4 in 12 hours. Impressive.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:07 pm to trussthetruzz
So what fed it to blow up that quickly?
That’s pretty wild.
That’s pretty wild.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:08 pm to lsuman25
Please post the Best live storm chaser feed, this Phil-AZ game is almost over. TIA
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:08 pm to lsuman25
At least there'll be plenty of cheap labor to help the place rebuild.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:10 pm to trussthetruzz
That is absolutely horrific
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:13 pm to yaboidarrell
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At least there'll be plenty of cheap labor to help the place rebuild.
Everybody that wants to work is already here my man
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:15 pm to lsuman25
Jesus, that escalated quickly.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:15 pm to Gee Grenouille
That is a bad arse storm.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:17 pm to dukke v
quote:Thanks Nash.
That is a bad arse storm.
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:19 pm to lsuman25
Just when Avocado prices were coming down
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:21 pm to BluegrassBelle
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So what fed it to blow up that quickly?
Looks to me like positioning relative to the an upper anticyclone (low shear helps vent) plus access to the jet stream for the outflow to go. A hurricane wants to eat water vapor, steal it's latent heat, and eject it. The more it can eject, the more it can pull in to feed it's self.
And again, when you have this scenario, shear is almost certainly going to be very low. So the storm can and will vertically stack.
ETA: An incredible miss by all of the global models too. *It's not like I was paying attention to see it either
This post was edited on 10/24/23 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:22 pm to lsuman25
The pacific needs more of its fair share of hurricanes
Posted on 10/24/23 at 10:24 pm to Duke
My friend sent me this, from here earlier today from hwy 200
surge really came in quick.
surge really came in quick.
This post was edited on 10/24/23 at 10:25 pm
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