Hurricane IGOR - Grotto Bay, Bermuda - September 18-19, 2010
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- On September 6th a large and complex area of disturbed weather associated with a tropical wave, moved off the west coast of Africa attended by two distinct areas of low pressure. The dominant low passed to the south of the Cape Verde islands while steadily increasing in organization, becoming a tropical depression on the morning of September 8th and reaching tropical storm strength later that day.
For the next couple of days, Igor moved westward reaching hurricane strength late on September 11th. Rapid intensification ensued on September 12th and by late that afternoon, Hurricane Igor reached category four strength with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph (115 kts). An ERC (eyewall replacement cycle) began on September 13th which resulted in a slight weakening, followed by a new period of intensification, culminating in Hurricane Igor's peak intensity, with the storm producing maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (135 kts) and a minimum central pressure of 925 mb (27.32 mb) late on September 14th. During this time, Hurricane Igor was very near category five intensity.
After reaching its peak, Hurricane Igor turned toward the west-northewst and began a slow weakening process over the next few days with several additional ERCs observed. By September 16th, the hurricane had weakened to category three intensity while its windfield continued to expand. The weakening trend continued and by September 17th Igor was downgraded to a category two while turning more towards the northwest.
On September 18th, extremely large Hurricane Igor continued to weaken while turning more towards the north. Although weakening, the storm's massive windfield was producing hurricane condtions outward as much as 105 miles from the storm's center, with tropical storm force winds extending out near 350 miles. Tropical storm conditions spread across Bermuda by the early morning hours of September 19th and continued to worsen as the day progressed with hurricane conditions reaching the island shortly after nightfall. As Hurricane Igor approached Bermuda, the storm began moving more towards the north-northeast, making its closest point of approach near 11:00 pm AST (0300 UTC) while passing 40 miles west of the island. At this time, Igor was a category one hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph (65 kts) and a minimum central pressure of 955 mb (28.20 in).
From September 17th - 20th, storm chaser Michael Laca intercepted Hurricane Igor on the island of Bermuda.
With the exceptionally large windfield that Hurricane Igor produced, impacts on Bermuda began well before the core of the storm approached the island. On September 17th, more than two days prior to Igor's closest approach, large and damaging waves had already reached south facing beaches along the island with several cliff side roadways experiencing overwash from breaking wave crests. Wave heights continued to increase on September 18th with exposed sections of the island's South Road becoming impassable as huge waves crashed onshore.
By the early morning of September 19th, with Hurricane Igor still over 250 miles away, tropical storm conditions had spread across the island with gusts frequently exceeding 50 mph (45 kts) at my location in Hamilton Parish, on the northwest side of Castle Harbour. Conditions continued to deteriorate throughout the day with the onset of hurricane conditions occuring just after nightfall on the 19th. Peak conditions occurred from 10:00 pm to midnight AST, as Igor passed just to the west of the island. I estimate maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (65 kts) with gusts near 90 mph (78 kts) impacted my location. The minimum pressure I recorded at the Grotto Bay Beach Resort was 965.7 mb (28.52 in) at 10:55 pm AST during a period of rapid pressure fluctuations, followed by a temporary recovery to 983.3 mb (29.03 in) at 12:25 am on the 20th, and then a second minimum of 966.7 mb (28.55 in) at 3:25 am. Sustained tropical storm conditions impacted my location for approximately 36 contiguous hours.
The highest officially reported winds on Bermuda during Igor's passage were 74 mph (64 kts) with a peak gust of 93 mph (81 kts) from the official weather observing site at L.F. Wade International Airport (approximately two miles east-northeast of my location). A peak gust of 89 mph (77 kts) was also observed from an elevated location on the island. The lowest official pressure on the island was 965 mb (28.50 in), though storm chaser Mike Theiss observed a pressure of 964 mb (28.47 in) at Elbow Beach.
@VideographyOfStorms Thank you so much, Nathan! I'm really glad you enjoyed the clip. Bermuda is an absolutely beautiful island... so it was easy to find lot's of great shots. Thanks again!
@Barsopen1970 Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like the clips. All of my recent footage, from 2009 on, has been shot with the FX1000. Within the pro-sumer video market, my recommendation is definitely the FX1000. Specifically for the type of videography I do, a camera's performance in low-light is the key criteria I look for... and, in my opinion, Sony's models were better at reducing noise than the comparable Canon offerings. Of course the FX1000 has a slew of other amazing features too.
Great video, probably the best Bermuda hurricane video I've seen. Hurricane was not as bad as Fabian which was shaking the walls of the house I was in.
Wow great footage of Hurricane Igor Michael in Bermuda of those huge waves 🌊 and storm surge coming into the Bermuda islands 🌴. When Nichole hits in 2016 it was the strongest storm to directly hit Bermuda since Fabian in 2003 what an incredible experience just such a powerful Hurricane can do.
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True wind sound.. great audio.
@finalis70 Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the video!
As always, incredible footage, Mike!
Those giant waves and the way they refract off of each other is amazing! I didn't know Igor was as good of a chase as it was until I saw this.
And to think it was on my birthday...
@MrShanfara Thank you so much! Glad you liked the clip. I'm also planing to upload a time lapse of Igor from Bermuda over the next couple of days... so look for that.
@vmax135 By staying dry you ended up getting a different perspective off everyone out there on the dock! Great stuff!
Who’s here because of Hurricane Paulette in September 2020
This is a fantastic video. Thank you!
@dragasoni Thanks so much, Eric!!!
@liquidstl Thanks so much, Chris!!! Yeah... the waves were definitely the highlight of this chase.
incredible footage!! Thanks for sharing!!
@MrShanfara No problem at all! At its closest point, Igor was about 40 miles (65 KM) west of Bermuda... with a central pressure of 955 mb, which would normally support a much stronger system. But, since Igor had a very large and fairly shallow pressure gradient at that point, it was only supporting sustained winds around 75mph... so it was actually a minimal hurricane when it impacted the island. That said, the duration of strong winds was very long... about 36 hours!
Been to the bahamas and bermuda and I have to admit bermuda was the best all around.. The natural beauty was undeliverable and community/people were so nice (in nassau bahama the natives were like crazy following you places trying to force u to buy things, one actually tried to pick pocket me& that was on the nice side of the island too near the cruise ships.n the atlantis hotel/resort are) and bermuda was 1000x cleaner than nassau .. All together bermuda was the best trip ever.
@tornadovideostock Thanks so much, Scott!!! Glad you liked the clip. Yeah... I was the only one who decided to stay semi-dry and not go out of the dock... but it gave me the chance to film all of them having fun...lol.
TTv9ropmet | Storm Chasing
Hi i'm from germany!. (: This (Hurricane) Wow cool (Super Cool)
Absolutely awesome footage you got of this storm. Bermuda is definetly in "Hurricane Alley". Seems like they get a tropical storm or hurricane every year.
So this hurricane has been officially retired! GO IGOR GO!!
@huracanado1 Thank you so much, Jose! I'm really glad you enjoyed the clip. I'm sure one of these days we'll be in a storm like Megi... can't wait till then!
"the only hurricane y'all ever had"...Are you kiddin' me???? Bermuda sits in the middle of the Atlantic about 700 miles off the coast of North Carolina, we've had many many hurricanes, this actually was just a "brush" with a "mild" one, could almost be classed as what we refer too as a bad "winter storm". Trust me when it comes to "hurricanes", we take our licks just as much as down south.By law, residential structures must be at least 8" thick masonry so we can take quite a bit!
Awesome, awesome and MORE awesome!!! that was fantastic Michael! I love the shot of all the guys out on that dock while the winds were howling. Great stuff!
Scott McPartland - Extreme Weather Photography I
the shots with you guys on the walkway and the wind & spray blowing across are some of my favorite as well.
Great video man!
Great,video so,beautiful, but,,bety scary, stay ssfe friend 🦓😎🤩🙄😁🤣😘
I love the waves as like a big wave
@vmax135 thaxxx so match you are the best ! and 965 mb its strong storm but you have been far from the eyes right ?! or closed to it !
@canechase Thanks so much, Brad!!! The highest officially recorded winds on the island were sustained at 74mph with a peak gust of 93mph at L.F. Wade International Airport... which was about two-miles east-northeast of my location. There was also another gust of 89mph reported, from a different location... so I estimate peak gusts at my location probably topped out right around 90mph too.
Beautifull!! But those people standing so close to that sea! So brave
And standing outside with those winds! #BallsOfSteel
I really love nature it's beautiful♥
Thanks for sharing♥
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the clip.
Tropmet | Storm Chasing l really do l love nature so much thanks so much for sharing!
YOUR CRAZY😅😅😅😅
in a nice way
thx person who put this on utube... it helpin me wif a project! :P
wow perfect quality
@germanhypercane Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the footage. And yes, there were quite a few chasers on the island. Even though the 2010 hurricane season was one of the most active on record, there were very few chase opportunities, so even though the chances of a direct intercept on Bermuda were slim, many chasers opted to make the investment... especially since Igor was so large and some impact on the island seemed inevitable.
So Brave, imagine being swept away in that. Beautiful to watch all snuggled safe and warm in bed. 😊
@GermanFireFighter95 Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the clip!
Bermuda is a popular place to go to for a holiday
U make awesome video
jacob Crespo Thank you so much!!!
Incredible footage!!! Excellent video! It's the first long video that I really like :P
Added to favorites for sure! ^^
BTW, how insane are those guys at 5:04?! If they were blown in the sea, they would probably be seriously injured or even dead! :0
Great video !! At 5.00 my first thoughts we " blimey, sum guy trying to play his quitar in a hurricane" until i realised it was a tripod lol
Great video! Crazy SOB's getting footage of the storm.
i love how one of the people on that pier is wearing a wet suit haha
we should fear God
Enjjoyed watching, thanks for posting :) x
Wow best footage of this hurricane
Fabian Sisso Thank you very much!
sorry but can you tell me the information about the Hurricane like wind speed and your location in the storm ! :) and I am waiting fore your next clip thxxx so match
Hey look my house getting smashed by a wave :)
@kool34bda You're welcome! =)
0:10 why does the bird sound like the pennywise theme from IT
Not a bird but a whistling tree frog.
Awesome video! Thumbs up!!
strong wind
look like tsunami, :D
great footage,but these guys play with their life. lol!
chu
El mar estás enojados
Wuow muy tristes éstos
nasty waves....now, imagine it was some years ago and you were a lighthouse keeper on a rock or shoal lighthouse somewhere out in that water.....just imagine.....
@Torn80cj Thank you so much!!! Bermuda definitely gets their share of close calls and a few direct strikes... so I'll definitely be back the next time there's a decent chase opportunity.
At first it was a nice relaxing Caribbean ocean now it’s a hurricane weather where the waves got really crazy
Igor, hi is powerfool. Always
This really is a most awesome video! Thanks for poisting.
@cwaezywabbit The lack of water on the lens in this video is actually the combination of several factors. Mostly I edited out portions of the video where water did get on the lens and/or I was wiping the lens off. But, I also had the camera in a professional rain cover that provides some protection. I also tried to postion myself in areas where the camera (and myself) were not directly exposed to the rain... and, for the most part, Igor didn't really produce that much rainfall.
wow you back again man with so pretty video thats amazing love your work man thumbs up :) wait more from you !
This is very good footage of Igor. I also like the Hurricane Ike coverage too!
Down south we get them all the time
owwwh
awesome video - brave guys or crazy either way thx for this excellent quality video
1:21 GREAT SURF WAVE
please upload more videos.
Hurricane Igor was the biggest hurricane of 2010 and those people around 5:04 really must think twice before going out in a storm like this.
Overall Great Footage!
Lucybaby(💃🏽) now that would be dope. If we could figure out a way to have our wedding ceremony on some waves🤔..
ASTAGFIRULLAHAL AZIIM ...SUBHANALLAH SEMOGA SEMUA SELAMAT TDK ADA KORBAN..AMIIN
@liquidstl Yeah, I was the only one who didn't walk out on that pier while the waves were going over it... I stayed semi-dry ...lol.
WOW!!!!!!!
@ugirl2
water is not angry. angry is a human word.
water is in this case just moved by wind, the same way you can put choppy seas in your coffeemug.
(a sailor)
WereayouJrom
Woaow
I love your videos
Great footage and very good quality video too
That last part looks like the boat from Gilligan's Island
Damn those waves are insane!
DarkShadowRage2
@rensnita Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy them.
Tropmet | Story Chasing
the calm before the Storm
This is why storm chasers are cool. They put themselves in danger in order to entertain us, so thank you.
Wow
look on the bright side.. thats probably the only hurricane yall ever had but here in the south you get about 3 or 4 or more each year plus tornadoes storm surges etc.. not saying it wont devastating because it really was, but yall are very lucky to have very very few hurricanes and natural disasters
😬scary😬
Crazy people , you guys I hope get paid well. You are very Lucy guys. But congrats to all of you .
@pontiac51 Thanks so much, Rob! The more I use this camera, the more amazed I am by it. I can't wait to get it in a really big hurricane!!!
@MrShanfara Sure... all the details about Igor's impact on Bermuda, including the peak winds and minimum pressures recorded are actually in the description for this video... just click on the down arrow next to the beginning of the description. At my location, I estimate peak winds were sustained right around 75 mph with peak gusts near 90 mph. I also recorded a minimum pressure of 965.7mb when the hurricane was at its closest point to the island.
@real0988 Thanks so much, Roy! Yeah, it was great to finally use the camera in a real storm... hopefully the first of many! Glad you liked the clip!
embassyes need to listen to and hurricane like catrina and igor not hapends.see my video and share it for knolige to athers
@LDCTSTORMCHASER Thank you so much, Greg!!! The video quality this camera produces is definitely worth the investment! Can't wait till we're in a really big one.
What on earth are those people doing standing out at the water during all that?stupidity?!what the HELL!!
Awsome video.The name Igor is a nasty name,and it sure proved to be a nasty storm.
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@teckim Thanks so much... glad you enjoy the videos!
Big wave hurricanes
Gostei
That looks like a very strong storm
Vmax135 Hello, I'm from Brazil and I like so much hurricane videos. I wonder how long it lasts on average a hurricane. Great job! Greetings!
Great video !!