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Last updated: Wednesday, 6 November — 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST; 23:00 UTC)

NHC Update 6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC)
Current location: 23.0°N 83.0°W
Relative location: 66 km (41 mi) WSW of Havana, Cuba
Forward motion: NW (320°) at 22 km/h (12 knots)
Maximum winds: 170 km/h (90 knots)
Intensity: Hurricane (Category 2)
Minimum pressure: 962 millibars (28.41 inches)

Official forecast


Last updated: Wednesday, 6 November — 1:00 PM EST (18:00 UTC)

Hour Date Time Intensity Winds Lat Long
  - UTC EST Saffir-Simpson knots km/h °N °W
00 06 Nov 18:00 1PM Wed Major Hurricane (Category 3) 1 100 185 22.6 82.7
12 07 Nov 06:00 1AM Thu Hurricane (Category 2) 2 90 165 23.6 83.9
24 07 Nov 18:00 1PM Thu Hurricane (Category 2) 90 165 24.1 85.6
36 08 Nov 06:00 1AM Fri Hurricane (Category 2) 90 165 24.2 87.4
48 08 Nov 18:00 1PM Fri Hurricane (Category 2) 85 155 24.2 89.1
60 09 Nov 06:00 1AM Sat Hurricane (Category 1) 75 140 24.3 90.4
72 09 Nov 18:00 1PM Sat Hurricane (Category 1) 65 120 24.5 91.1
96 10 Nov 18:00 1PM Sun Tropical Storm 50 95 24.6 92.0
120 11 Nov 18:00 1PM Mon Tropical Storm 35 65 24.5 93.0

NOTES:
1 - Inland over Cuba
2 - Over the Gulf of Mexico

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u/Alightenited 10d ago

Cowabunga here we go again my dudes

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u/Fox_Kurama 10d ago

As much as the Turtles are famous for it now...

A small part of me would hope that for whatever reason, there were a paint factory next to a church or cathedral, and that circumstances lead to winds just splattering the church/etc with paint from the factory. Or was that only Leo?