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Major Hurricane Teddy Marches Toward Bermuda
December 14, 2020 at 12:41 AM EST
UPDATED By WeatherBug Meteorologists
Major Hurricane Teddy continues to threaten Bermuda. After a close approach late this weekend or early next week, it will eye eastern Canada.
As of 5 p.m. AST/EDT, Hurricane Teddy was located near 23.1 N, 57.0 W, or 795 miles southeast of Bermuda. Its top sustained winds reach 125 mph, making it a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It has a minimum central pressure of 951 mb, or 28.08 inches of mercury as it moves northwest at 12 mph.
Teddy is going through a blip in its development but is expected to remain a major hurricane through early this weekend. Strong winds aloft and cooler water that Paulette left behind will help weaken Teddy as it makes its closest approach to Bermuda early Monday. Teddy will likely bring another dose of wind and rain to Bermuda which comes about a week after Hurricane Paulette directly hit the island.
A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for Bermuda. A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the region within the next 48 hours.
Teddy will accelerate north and become a very strong low pressure thanks to the strong winds aloft ahead of a cold front that will sweep through the western Atlantic early next week. Teddy will then transition to a strong low pressure and push into the Canadian Maritimes by early Wednesday with gusty winds and heavy rain. All the while, high surf is expected from Maine to Newfoundland due to the large wind field surrounding the storm.
Although Sally and Vicky have both dissipated this week, the Atlantic hurricane basin remains active. Tropical Storm Wilfred is 735 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands in the east-central Atlantic but expected to dissipate early next week in the open Atlantic. Tropical Storm Beta, located over the western Gulf of Mexico, will cause problems along the U.S. western Gulf Coast later this weekend.
This season is on pace to produce more named storms than any other season on record and we are in the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. The warm Atlantic remains ripe for tropical development through early to mid-October before slowly declining through the season’s end on November 30.
As of 5 p.m. AST/EDT, Hurricane Teddy was located near 23.1 N, 57.0 W, or 795 miles southeast of Bermuda. Its top sustained winds reach 125 mph, making it a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It has a minimum central pressure of 951 mb, or 28.08 inches of mercury as it moves northwest at 12 mph.
Teddy is going through a blip in its development but is expected to remain a major hurricane through early this weekend. Strong winds aloft and cooler water that Paulette left behind will help weaken Teddy as it makes its closest approach to Bermuda early Monday. Teddy will likely bring another dose of wind and rain to Bermuda which comes about a week after Hurricane Paulette directly hit the island.
A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for Bermuda. A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the region within the next 48 hours.
Teddy will accelerate north and become a very strong low pressure thanks to the strong winds aloft ahead of a cold front that will sweep through the western Atlantic early next week. Teddy will then transition to a strong low pressure and push into the Canadian Maritimes by early Wednesday with gusty winds and heavy rain. All the while, high surf is expected from Maine to Newfoundland due to the large wind field surrounding the storm.
Although Sally and Vicky have both dissipated this week, the Atlantic hurricane basin remains active. Tropical Storm Wilfred is 735 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands in the east-central Atlantic but expected to dissipate early next week in the open Atlantic. Tropical Storm Beta, located over the western Gulf of Mexico, will cause problems along the U.S. western Gulf Coast later this weekend.
This season is on pace to produce more named storms than any other season on record and we are in the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. The warm Atlantic remains ripe for tropical development through early to mid-October before slowly declining through the season’s end on November 30.