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As the storm neared the Outer Banks, the watch was upgraded to a war…

As it moved over cooler waters, the storm lost some of its power. Early on 17 October, extratropical Ophelia moved across northern Scotland, then emerged over the North Sea, and turned toward the east- northeast followed by a …

Hurricane Ophelia was regarded as the worst storm to affect Ireland in 50 years, and was also the easternmost Atlantic major hurricane on record.

For the best site experience please enable JavaScript in your browser settings Predicting hurricane paths is always difficult, but they usually die out over land, or extinguish themselves when they meet cold waters in an area stretching offshore from south of Newfoundland to New York.

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Located within a favorable environment, the storm steadily … . The tenth and final consecutive hurricane and the sixth major hurricane of the very active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Ophelia had non-tropical origins from a decaying cold front on 6 October.

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Donegal is now beginning to feel the brunt of Hurricane Ophelia. On September 10, with forecasts indicating that Ophelia would make landfall in South Carolina as a hurricane, the NHC issued a hurricane watch for much of the coastline of the Carolinas.

Despite moving over marginally warm waters of 79.7 °F (26.5 °C), the effects of cold air temperatures aloft and decreasing The hurricane accelerated to the northeast, under the influence of the large mid-latitude trough.Starting on 15 October 2017, winds from Ophelia fanned wildfires in both On 16 October, gusts of up to 191 km/h (119 mph) were recorded at Fastnet Rock off the coast of County Cork, the highest wind speeds ever recorded in Ireland.

Total losses from the storm were less than initially feared, with a minimum estimate of total insured losses across Ireland and the United Kingdom of US$87.7 million.

As soon as Tropical Depression Sixteen formed on September 6, the government of the Bahamas issued a tropical storm warning for the northwestern Bahamas and the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for much of the east Florida coastline. The arrival of the remnant of Hurricane Ophelia in Ireland in October was a surprise to many.

Read More Related Articles. foreverLearning from food history to create a new sustainable futureFrequently asked questions about your digital subscriptionSpecially selected and available only to our subscribersCarefully curated selections of Irish Times writingSign up to get the stories you want delivered to your inbox The autumn storm season in Ireland is often enhanced by the remnants of hurricanes coming across the Atlantic, having transformed themselves into deep mid-latitude depressions as they encounter those colder waters of the north Atlantic.Only 15 hurricanes have passed within 200 nautical miles of the “This one is very unusual .

Three deaths can be directly attributed to Ophelia, all of which occurred in Ireland.

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As the Hurricane is coming from the US they have named it and chose Ophelia.