Day started poorly, in terms of weather, with drizzle most of the time until 3pm. Since then, it has brightened up with the sun making a little effort to grace us with its presence.
Meanwhile, I am keeping an eye on Felix and Henriette. Felix is lashing northern Nicaragua with 120 mph winds. Local people describe how sheets of corrugated iron fly through the air like shaving knives, power is off and phonelines downed. The main threat is flooding, as Felix was warned to have an 18 ft storm surge on its northern side. Rainfall totals in the mountains of Honduras and Nicaragua could reach 25 inches, 625 mm - compare that to London's annual rainfall total of about 34 inches. Floods and landslides are a likelihood.
Henriette is a category 1 hurricane, 60 miles off Cabo San Lucas, and showing beautifully in the radar imagery which I'm monitoring. Similar flood warnings exist, although to a lesser degree. This storm carries winds of 85 mph and is headed for CSL, where landfall is expected within 2 or 3 hours from now.
Once Felix has passed into the interior of Central America, and Henriette has dumped her rain on the southwestern US, there will be little left to monitor for the time being. On Thursday, typhoon Fitow will hit Japan with winds of 90 mph - by which time all three systems will be off the charts as tropical systems.
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