Hurricane Otis - Zero to Cat 5 in less than 60 hours

[IronWing]

Dang, not enough time to prep/evacuate.

Post-tropical Cyclone Otis at 19.1°N - 100.8°W - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR

Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov

Edit: Went from gaining initial hurricane strength to Category 5 in six hours! And landfall by morning.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Now predicted to make landfall as a cat 5 in the Acapulco metro area.

This part of Mexico has not experienced anything like this, and they had no warning.

 

[IronWing]

Otis made landfall as a Cat 5 with 145kt (167 mph, 269kph) winds.

 

[sandorski]

Will California become a Hurricane zone?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Will California become a Hurricane zone?

-On one hand, we could use the water...

 

[IronWing]

-On one hand, we could use the water...

Yep, here in Arizona we're like "Come on, baby!" with every Pacific hurricane. We caught some remnant rain from Hurricane Norma yesterday but not enough to do much good. We need a storm to ride straight up the Sea of Cortez and stall for a few days. Last time it happened was in 2000.

 

[MrSquished]

nothing abnormal about climate events these days, pay no attention.

 

[Brainonska511]

nothing abnormal about climate events these days, pay no attention.

Average American: climate change is probably a thing and we should probably do something about it, but also, you can't tell me I can't drive my gas guzzler through my endless sprawling landscape and gas has to stay cheap.

 

[IronWing]

Average American: climate change is probably a thing and we should probably do something about it, but also, you can't tell me I can't drive my gas guzzler through my endless sprawling landscape and gas has to stay cheap.

Well, yeah.

Bread and circuses was for Romans. Americans demand gasoline and circuses.

 

[sdifox]

Will California become a Hurricane zone?

Typhoon

 

[IronWing]

Typhoon

Gesundheit

 

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717281269996794348

damn

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717282400600834443

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000009149753/hurricane-otis-mexico.html

 

[sdifox]

Gesundheit

What is the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?

Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a generic term used by meteorologists to describe a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has closed, low-level circulation.

oceanservice.noaa.gov

One day you will learn.

 

[Brainonska511]

What is the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?

Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a generic term used by meteorologists to describe a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has closed, low-level circulation.

oceanservice.noaa.gov

One day you will learn.

From your own link, hurricane would be used for tropical cyclone-type system of sufficient strength hitting California.

In the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific, the term hurricane is used.

 

[sdifox]

From your own link, hurricane would be used for tropical cyclone-type system of sufficient strength hitting California.

One day I will learn to read before self pwning xd

 

[Exterous]

Well, yeah.

Bread and circuses was for Romans. Americans demand gasoline and circuses.

And golf courses in the desert

One day I will learn to read before self pwning xd

It's more fun for everyone else if you don't

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

"Otis was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall at Category 5 intensity ... "

Hurricane Otis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

They list some other storms at C5, but they weakened before landfall.

 

[KMFJD]

Mexican city of Acapulco devastated by Hurricane Otis

Everything from cars and sailboats to power poles, roofs and trees seemed to go flying as the hurricane passed through, with winds exceeding 300 km/h. According to initial estimates, 27 people died and 80% of hotels were destroyed.

www.lemonde.fr

going to take a while to rebuild from the sounds of it, 80% of the hotels destroyed

 

[Roger Wilco]

People moving to Miami should take a good look.