A la mañana los del NHC habían bajado sus vientos a 75 mph con una presión de 972 hPa. Pero en la última actualización los aumentaron a 80 mph y una presión de 958 hPa (!)
No es porque se intensificó, sino porque el centro del huracán pasó muy cerca de una boya que midió esos datos. Así que desde anoche estaban subestimando la intensidad de Épsilon, y por bastante.
The appearance of Epsilon has changed little since early this
morning, with satellite images revealing an eye feature embedded in
a small area of deep convection, while a much larger comma-shaped
pattern extends several hundred miles to the north of the center. A
drifting buoy array that was placed ahead of the hurricane has
provided useful information on the intensity of Epsilon. At 1100
UTC, a buoy located very near the center of the cyclone reported a
pressure of 957.6 mb. This pressure was much lower than the previous
estimated pressure of 972 mb, which was made without the
availability of the buoy data.
Therefore, it is likely that Epsilon
was a stronger hurricane last night. Based on this data, the initial
intensity has been adjusted upward to 70 kt, and this value could
still be conservative based on typical high-latitude pressure-wind
relationships.
Ojalá nombren rápido a Zeta para tener dos sistemas al mismo tiempo
