Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Gulf of Mexico

2020-11-10 · near Port Charlotte, Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

Mesonet station DW9045 Port Charlotte reported a 44 mph wind gust.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Eta originated from a tropical depression that formed in the central Caribbean Sea on October 31st. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Eta later that day and continued rapid intensification to major hurricane status on November 2nd while moving westward across the western Caribbean, reaching peak intensity of 150 mph and 923 mb on November 3rd, before making landfall near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Eta meandered across Nicaragua and Honduras while weakening to a tropical depression through November 5th before emerging over the northwest Caribbean Sea while gradually turning northeast. Eta regained tropical storm status on November 6th and made landfall in Cuba on the 7th, emerged in the Florida Straits and turned westward on the 8th before making landfall in the Florida Keys later that day. The storm made a southwest jog into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on the 9th before it briefly stalled then turned northward on the 10th.

Effects across the FL peninsula associated with the northeastern periphery of Eta while centered over the southeastern Gulf were occasional showers with a few embedded thunderstorms and marine wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 925165. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.