Hurricanes LISA and MARTIN weakening
From west to east;
Hurricane LISA made a landfall close to Belize City last night as a category one storm and has since weakened considerably. Currently 100 miles south east of Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico, this barely qualifies as a tropical storm now and is producing winds of just 45 knots over a tiny windfield. While it is expected to emerge into the Bay of Campeche tomorrow morning, increasing wind shear should prevent it from gaining any intensity and the general consensus is for LISA to dissipate early Saturday morning over the Bay of Campeche without threatening the central or northern Gulf of Mexico.
Disturbance Forty Four has piped up some 250 miles east of Bermuda. This is safely eastbound and in any event, unlikely to develop.
Hurricane MARTIN is now centred 1500 miles east-nor’east of Bermuda beginning to accelerate to the north-east at a galloping 40 knots. This is still blowing a hoolie with winds gusting 105 knots and a vast windfield radius of 350 miles, which equates to a hurricane severity index rating of 20 out of a possible 50 points (13 for size and 7 for intensity). This is at peak now but will transition to an extratropical storm and continue on headed to the north west, bullying fish and sailors only. Not being someone who misses an opportunity to spread doom and gloom in my direction at least once a season, the Canadian guy has this headed for south-east England. Won’t happen. Faeroe Islands. Perhaps a sweep past Scotland at worst.
Stand by for hurricane force conditions in the far north Atlantic and heavy rain and flash flooding across the Yucatan peninsula.