Amanda is looking great, with an eye poking through, and a solid central dense overcast.
Raw ADT numbers are up towards Category 4 intensity, because of the eye formation.
The NHC will likely upgrade Amanda to a Category 2 soon. This is from the ATCF database, that is updated before the advisories:
EP, 01, 2014052500, , BEST, 0, 115N, 1105W, 85, 978, HU
Amanda is looking great, with an eye poking through, and a solid central dense overcast.
Raw ADT numbers are up towards Category 4 intensity, because of the eye formation.
The NHC will likely upgrade Amanda to a Category 2 soon. This is from the ATCF database, that is updated before the advisories:
EP, 01, 2014052500, , BEST, 0, 115N, 1105W, 85, 978, HU
Yeah, a clear eye is visible and the hurricane has also been growing in size and becoming very symmetrical. I wouldn't be surprised if the NHC upgrades it over 10-15kt next advisory.
BULLETIN
HURRICANE AMANDA ADVISORY NUMBER 10
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP012014
800 PM PDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...AMANDA NOW A MAJOR HURRICANE...
...ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING EXPECTED...
SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...11.6N 110.7W
ABOUT 665 MI...1070 KM SW OF MANZANILLO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...966 MB...28.53 INCHES
It doesn't have the most well-defined center, but it's moving slowly northwest into an area without much wind shear. Who knows if it will rapidly intensify though, I'm not betting on it because of its slow motion (3kt) causing upwelling. Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic last year was a good example of upwelling inhibiting a cyclone from strengthening.
They established the current rotating lists in 1979, and every year, the World Meteorological Organization retires/replaces names that were devastating and damaging.
Based on the current intensity of the system [140 mph], Amanda is the second strongest May hurricane in the eastern Pacific basin on record, behind Hurricane Adolph in 2001.