Larry Tropical in US current threats
Hurricane Larry won’t get any closer to the US East Coast than 800 miles, according to metrologist analysts, but the monster storm was already making its presence felt on Wednesday, stirring up treacherous waters off beaches up and down the Eastern Seaboard and looming dangerously close to Bermuda.
Larry is expected to pass through Bermuda with a glancing blow as dangerous seas and surf continue to spread outward toward the United States’ East Coast. Metrologist forecasters expect parts of Atlantic Canada to be hit square in the face by Larry, which will remain a massive storm with either a dangerously close approach or direct landfall.
Larry was still a formidable hurricane early Thursday morning, but it had lost considerable wind intensity and had downgraded to a Category 2 storm on Wednesday. At 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday, maximum sustained winds were 100 mph (155 km/h), down from 115 mph and Category 3 force. The storm was churning 270 miles (440 kilometers) east-southeast of Bermuda, heading north-northwestward at 16 miles per hour (26 kilometers per hour). A Tropical Storm Warning was issued for Bermuda’s islands.
Satellite photographs revealed that the monster cyclone was not only massive in size, but also had a gigantic and dangerous eye. Winds of 74 mph or more stretch outward up to 90 miles (150 kilometers) from the enormous storm’s center. Tropical-storm-force winds of 39 mph (63 km/h) or more have extended outward to 240 miles (390 km).
Larry’s eye was roughly 60 miles (97 kilometers) across Tuesday morning, but it was about 70 miles wide on Sunday. To put that in context, the width of Florida at Miami’s latitude is around 75 miles.
Hurricane Ida’s well-defined eye was 17 miles wide as it reached the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm more than a week ago.
This week, Larry will continue to move northwestward before turning further northward over the Atlantic, with big swells propagating outward from the hurricane’s core.
Large breaks and severe rip currents will form as these surges approach shallow areas off the US East Coast. Beachgoers are highly advised to heed local officials’ recommendations after Labor Day weekend, due to insufficient lifeguard presence. The storm could also wreak havoc on maritime activities across the Atlantic. Cruise ships and trans-Atlantic shipping vessels, as well as those operating offshore fishing boats, have been advised to keep a close eye on the hurricane’s course.
reference- Accuweather
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