BREAKING NEWS: Hurrican headed to Portugal

ninebeanrows

The first ever Hurricane has formed in Europe breaking the record
books for the upteemth time this year..

This is truly a spectacular moment in weather history and the real
facts have hit home in what has been the most astonishing 12 hours
in weather history.

We really do have a real hurricane -as it stands- moving toward the Portugese coast.

I've brought this thread here to display in live terms a truly ground-breaking
moment..

The Hurricane with sustained windspeeds of 75-80mph is captured here

http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather/atlanticeuropezoom.asp

The small and amazing feature will be in the headlines in the morning..

A truly unbelievable event

whiskeyman

wow.
What sort of level Hurricane is this?
Dont see anything on BBC yet.

Not sure if it's an AH topic though - there's news/media and weather already.

RuggieBear

bit excitable aren't you, weathercheck? You should be writing for the Sun.

since You've already posted this in the weather forum, i reckon you are breaking the rules posting it here

mike65

Its being described as a tropical storm, not a hurricane with winds averaging 'only' 80kph. Still, its an interesting sideshoe to the Hurricane Season.

Mike.

ninebeanrows

mike65 wrote:

Its being described as a tropical storm, not a hurricane with winds averaging 'only' 80kph. Still, its an interesting sideshoe to the Hurricane Season.

Mike.

Sorry your information is at least 4-6 hours old!

latest from the NHC

...VINCE BECOMES A HURRICANE WHILE PASSING NORTHWEST OF THE MADEIRA

ISLANDS...

...MAINLY A HAZARD FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN THE FAR EASTERN

ATLANTIC...



AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE VINCE WAS LOCATED NEAR

LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 18.6 WEST OR ABOUT 535 MILES...

865 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES. THIS POSITION IS ALSO

ABOUT 125 MILES... 200 KM... NORTHWEST OF THE MADEIRA ISLANDS.



VINCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR. A

CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD MOTION AND A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD

SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST TONIGHT... BUT VINCE

IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN ON MONDAY.



HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES... 30 KM...

FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP

TO 80 MILES... 130 KM.



ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

mike65

Well thats it then....we're all gonna die.

Mike.

ninebeanrows

mike65 wrote:

Well thats it then....we're all gonna die.

Mike.

We are :rolleyes:

Hilarious

Good nite all .. will probably of died come the morning but this
has been a truly record breaking evening

daveirl

This post has been deleted.

CrimE

Portugal's a little close to home for my liking. Tropical storm or not its not something witnessed in Europe often. Theres a lot of this kind of news lately, global warming I tells ya!

Dub13

Seen something on the news the other day about the record Hurricane Season bringing better surfing conditions to the Irish west cost...strange stuff.

R0ot

/me looks out window of his room, sees a chair fly past, returns his gaze to computer screen.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!

Dub13

R0ot wrote:

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!

Maybe so...but the Surf will be great around Donegal for a day or two.

R0ot

Dub13 wrote:

Maybe so...but the Surf will be great around Donegal for a day or two.

Actually where i live in donegal will be grand, we'll probably lose gwedor, glenties and killibegs (spelling?) No Major loss there.

stevenmu

Didn't we have a storm earlier in the year with winds of 100mph+, also there was that tornado in clonee a while back.

Civilian_Target

Wasn't a tornado, just a dust-devil...

billy the squid

I thought you didnt believe in global warming weather check, curious that you should go into "red alert" over a storm that isnt going to hit us.

Cabaal

RuggieBear wrote:

bit excitable aren't you, weathercheck? You should be writing for the Sun.

I think he should also work for the Daily Mail :rolleyes:

ninebeanrows

There is alot of merit for being excited over this..

This is a signal of a major change and if things continue
in this path.. who says int 10-20 years we wont have hurricanes
hitting the Iberian penninsula on a regular occasion??

Fascinating stuff and still a Hurricane this morning..

Illegal Alien

LoL! Best thread ever! I love to see someone get so excited over the weather!! Brilliant. But on a serious note...how much longer do we have to live?

billy the squid

Weathercheck wrote:

There is alot of merit for being excited over this..

This is a signal of a major change and if things continue
in this path.. who says int 10-20 years we wont have hurricanes
hitting the Iberian penninsula on a regular occasion??

Fascinating stuff and still a Hurricane this morning..

that might be the case but the 03Z discussion did state that it was starting to fall apart.

Dub13

Anybody on the west coast.....if so whats the surf like....?why am I asking this I cant even swim.

whiskeyman

Cabaal wrote:

I think he should also work for the Daily Mail :rolleyes:

I can see it now "Hurricane shocker!! Vince caught doing blow!"



Didnt see anything about it in the media this morning.... I guess it takes a little bit more to get fleet street excited.

Dub13

whiskeyman wrote:

Didnt see anything about it in the media this morning.... I guess it takes a little bit more to get fleet street excited.

Yea like a new "becks" hair cut...or some model doing abit of coke.

Binomate

Anyone up for a bit of looting before we all die?

bullrunner

Binomate wrote:

Anyone up for a bit of looting before we all die?

Sure...food or electronic goods?

Sauron

Does anyone know if we'll get the tail end of it or something?

Chong

Sauron wrote:

Does anyone know if we'll get the tail end of it or something?
I could go for a hurricane right about now... might shake things up a bit...

How ignorant could some one bloody be, people like u make me wanna puke.

Sauron

zooom

hear that? that's the sound of humour... rushing over your head.. it's gone now..
but maybe it was a bit too far.. but seriously, I do hope it isn't too serious... point noted. comment deleted..

Chong

Fair play to you my friend for recognising that fact that comment was racy and then deleting.

Bravo.

super_furry

I blame George Bush tbh.

Asok

....Wtf.