Atlantic - Otto forms November 21, 2016

[Psychoma]

Originally Posted by TerraDown

This really is a late one for this time of year. I hope everyone will be safe. Hard to say in that country, but thankfully we have reporting and satellite like never before. Thanks Physcoma.

Yes it is! This storms compact size is helping them at least. But still warm waters to support down there. 60's/70'sF water temp along much of the US coast now. I believe the latest hurricane to hit the US was Kate in 1985 which hit the Florida Panhandle on Nov21.

[Psychoma]

Thursday Nov24,2016 7amEST update:

Winds 105mph(165km/h), moving West 8mph(13km/h), pressure 976mb.

Landfall in just a few hours into southern Nicaragua, just above the Costa Rica border!

Eye forming on satellite! It's trying to get to Cat3 before landfall but may not make it...land interaction will start to weaken it soon.

Good news is this is a VVEERRRYY compact storm...hurricane force winds only go out 10 miles (20km) from the center, and tropical storm force just 70 miles (110km). That's very small! Rain will be the biggest threat.

Also good is it's heading towards a relatively un-populated area, most of it is a large biological reserve.

Rain/floods will be the biggest threat overall. See text image below.

For full updates see the National Hurricane Center: National Hurricane Center

And satellite imagery here: Otto - Satellite Products and Services Division - Office of Satellite and Product Operations

[Psychoma]

Thursday Nov24,2016 10amEST:

Looks like storm is at or just past peak intensity which may be a little higher then what the 10am update says...no way to know without data inside the storm...aircraft recon can only come so close to other countries borders...at any event the eye wall is about to come ashore and it's already affecting the center of the storm.

Winds 110mph (1mph difference between a Cat2/cat3 classification)...was possibly a cat3 by that definition given satellite imagery but we'll never know for sure. Effects the same regardless.

Winds 110mph, moving West 9mph, pressure 975mb.

About to make landfall into the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve of Nicaragua, a mostly un-inhabited large region thankfully.

Still will bring heavy rains and life threatening floods especially across southern Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica.

[Infamous92]

A hurricane, earthquake, & tsunami all happening in the same area at once.

[Psychoma]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

A hurricane, earthquake, & tsunami all happening in the same area at once.

Ya, quite a day there!! Hopefully that earthquake didn't trigger any landslides with all that rain that's fallen...

As of 4pmEST storm center is about 1/3 to 1/2 way across land on its journey to the pacific. Should reemerge into the Pacific around 1amEST tonight.

[Psychoma]

Friday Nov25, 2016 update:

Otto made landfall Thursday afternoon and re-emerged into the Pacific around midnight Thursday night.

Otto remains Otto but is now turned over to the Pacific basin for updates. Here's updated info links:

Official National Hurricane Center - Pacific updates: National Hurricane Center

Updated Satellite imagery link for Otto: Otto - Satellite Products and Services Division - Office of Satellite and Product Operations

9pmCST update:
Winds 60mph, moving WSW 16mph, pressure 997mb. Located a few hundred miles west of Costa Rica.

At least 9 people have been killed in Costa Rica due to the storm. This number may rise as authorities get into northern parts of the country where large amounts of rain fell resulting in floods and landslides. Have not heard much news from Nicaragua yet.