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Hurricane Igor packs a punch in Atlantic Ocean


Hurricane Igor churned westward in the Atlantic Ocean as a dangerous Category Four storm and could strengthen even further on Monday, forecasters said.

Igor, capable of causing catastrophic damage, posed no immediate threat to land or energy interests.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Igor packed maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour and on Monday could turn into a Category Five storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity.

Behind Igor, Tropical Storm Julia developed over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, becoming the 10th named storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.

Igor, the fourth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season, was located about 940 miles east of the Caribbean's northern Leeward Islands at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT), the Miami-based center said. Hurricane force winds extended outward up to 40 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds reached out up to 175 miles, it said.

Igor is moving west and is expected to turn toward the west-northwest and slow its pace by late Monday or Tuesday.

"Some fluctuation in intensity is likely during the next 48 hours and Igor could become a Category Five hurricane today (Monday)," the center said.

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Computer models project Igor would stay in the Atlantic for the coming days and not enter the Gulf of Mexico, where U.S. oil and gas operations are clustered.

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Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Julia also posed no immediate threat to land and was heading in a westerly direction as it swirled off the Cape Verde islands. It packed top sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, the hurricane center said.

"Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours and Julia could become a hurricane in a couple of days," the center said.

At 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT), Julia was located about 30 miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.

Most forecasters predicted the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season to be extremely active. Besides Igor, three hurricanes -- Alex, Danielle and Earl -- formed earlier in the season, the last two reaching Category 4 strength.

The hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30 and is currently in its peak period.


http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68A0CO20100913



Trust this storm does not get a helping hand to end up in the GOM!


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From your lips to God's ear, Sky!

Two years ago today, Hurricane Ike landed! We've barely recovered from him so Igor can just go away! :noway :nono

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