As the Hurricane is coming from the US they have named it and chose Ophelia. it has taken a direct tack northwards,” noted Met Éireann forecaster By Saturday, it was classified as “the most powerful hurricane this far east of the This is the 10th consecutive tropical storm that has turned into a hurricane this year.

Ophelia developed over the Azores in Portugal before going slightly west and then directly north. Despite moving over marginally warm waters of 79.7 °F (26.5 °C), the effects of cold air temperatures aloft and decreasing The hurricane accelerated to the northeast, under the influence of the large mid-latitude trough.Starting on 15 October 2017, winds from Ophelia fanned wildfires in both On 16 October, gusts of up to 191 km/h (119 mph) were recorded at Fastnet Rock off the coast of County Cork, the highest wind speeds ever recorded in Ireland. There is some early research which suggests warmer sea temperatures associated with climate change might allow Atlantic hurricanes to travel further towards Europe before becoming severe extratropical storms, according to Prof What was also unusual about Ophelia is that it kept its hurricane-strength winds and structure right up until it transitioned into an extratropical storm just before it hit Ireland. As soon as Tropical Depression Sixteen formed on September 6, the government of the Bahamas issued a tropical storm warning for the northwestern Bahamas and the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for much of the east Florida coastline.

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The autumn storm season in Ireland is often enhanced by the remnants of hurricanes coming across the Atlantic, having transformed themselves into deep mid-latitude depressions as they encounter those colder waters of the north Atlantic.Only 15 hurricanes have passed within 200 nautical miles of the “This one is very unusual .

Storm Ophelia brings record gusts to parts of Co CorkFrom Malin to Mizen and back: how much cable ESB replaced after OpheliaSurge in demand for generators in Cork during Ophelia Predicting hurricane paths is always difficult, but they usually die out over land, or extinguish themselves when they meet cold waters in an area stretching offshore from south of Newfoundland to New York. Three deaths can be directly attributed to Ophelia, all of which occurred in Ireland. A visualisation of the path of Storm Ophelia as it was expected to hit Ireland, from the Earthwindmap websiteBy Wednesday October 11th, Ophelia was named, and the Typically, tropical storms move westwards towards America and then develop into hurricanes. Early on 17 October, extratropical Ophelia moved across northern Scotland, then emerged over the North Sea, and turned toward the east- northeast followed by a … As it moved over cooler waters, the storm lost some of its power.

By Wednesday October 11th, Ophelia was named, and the Natural Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida was tracking it.

Trees down, rainbows up: Readers' photographs of the storm and aftermath Ophelia started out in the North Atlantic as a tropical cyclone that gathered strength as it traveled northeast, briefly becoming a Category 3 hurricane.

It is unprecedented but cannot be blamed on global warming.

Donegal is now beginning to feel the brunt of Hurricane Ophelia.

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