Katia Strengthens to Category 3 Major Hurricane

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Katia Strengthens to Category 3 Major Hurricane

MIAMI | Mon Sep 5, 2011 5:02pm EDT

(Reuters) - Hurricane Katia strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Monday, carrying winds of 115 miles per hour (185 km per hour) as it tracked northwestwards on a path between Bermuda and the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said.

Katia was now a "major" hurricane on the five-category Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity. Forecasters expect the hurricane to veer away from the east coast later this week and then head northeastwards out to the open sea.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/05/us-storm-katia-idUSTRE7831GG20110905?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71

[RandySF]

1. Rick Scott must be breathing a sign of relief.

I don't think he would be up to the job of handling a disaster not of his making.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Hope the forecasters are correct N/T

[dipsydoodle]

3. This seems to confirm that

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl#contents

[cutlassmama]

4. At least the US got spared on that one. on to the next...

[DinahMoeHum]

5. It's great news for the surfers at Long Beach (NY) Sept 1-15

Quiksilver Pro NY (Surfing) Sept 1-15.

http://www.quiksilverpro.com/

http://quiksilverpro.com/blog,111,forecast.en.html

[Hissyspit]

6. Cat 4 now.

@Reuters: FLASH: Katia becomes category four hurricane, dangerous rip currents are the main hazard along U.S. East Coast and Bermuda - NHC

[dipsydoodle]

7. Now category 1 and reduced to swells and rip currents could reach the US

Hurricane Katia, the category two Atlantic storm, is not expected to make landfall in the US, forecasters say.

The forecast offers some relief to the US after a host of states were battered by storms Irene and Lee.

However, gusty winds and large waves may affect Bermuda, the US National Hurricane Center said. The island is on tropical storm watch.

Katia is more 335 miles (540km) offshore, but swells and rip currents could reach the east coast of the US.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14815818

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ classified as Cat 1 on this link.

[CBHagman]

8. Thanks for the update.

There have been more twists and turns in Katia's story than I'd expected.

[SemperEadem]

9. Katia is pretty much going to stay at sea

it's TD14 that worries me more:
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201114_5day.html