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Hurricane Patricia Speed

October 23rd, 2015

Hurricane Patricia the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Western Hemisphere is comming.
With measured winds speed of 200 MPH (322 km/h)
Hurricane Patricia became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded.

The minimum barometric pressure is
880 hPa (25.99 inHg, 660 mmHg),
and the hurricane is moving north-northwest,
speed – 10mph (9.7 knots, 16 km/h)

Storms with an intensity of 922 hPa (27.23 inHg) or less for only Eastern Pacific Ocean are listed below.
Source: East Pacific Hurricane Best Track File 1851–2014

Cyclone Year Max. Speed Min. Pressure
Ava 1973 260 km/h (160 mph) 915 hPa (27.02 inHg)
Gilma 1994 260 km/h (160 mph) 920 hPa (27.17 inHg)
Guillermo 1997 260 km/h (160 mph) 919 hPa (27.14 inHg)
Linda 1997 295 km/h (185 mph) 902 hPa (26.64 inHg)
Elida 2002 260 km/h (160 mph) 921 hPa (27.20 inHg)
Hernan 2002 260 km/h (160 mph) 921 hPa (27.20 inHg)
Kenna 2002 270 km/h (165 mph) 913 hPa (26.96 inHg)
Ioke 2006 260 km/h (160 mph) 915 hPa (27.02 inHg)
Rick 2009 285 km/h (180 mph) 906 hPa (26.75 inHg)
Celia 2010 260 km/h (160 mph) 921 hPa (27.20 inHg)
Marie 2014 260 km/h (160 mph) 918 hPa (27.11 inHg)
Odile 2014 220 km/h (140 mph) 918 hPa (27.11 inHg)
Patricia 2015 325 km/h (200 mph) 880 hPa (25.99 inHg)

Supermoon Dates

June 17th, 2013

The next full moon falls on June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC. (US time zones: 4:32 am PDT, 5:32 a.m. MDT, 6:32 a.m. CDT, 7:32 a.m. for other time zones you can click the link to convert 11:32 UTC to your local time and date). This full moon will be called supermoon or super full moon or perigee full moon because of the closest approach of the full moon to the Earth for all of 2013. Supermoon could be up to 30% brighter and 14% larger then at its apogee furthest point.

See also: Moon Phase Tonight – current (or at any time) Moon’s phase and position, parameters, such as illumination, elongation, distance to the Earth, …

Table below lists supermoon dates between 2010 and 2016. As you can see on May 6, 2012 super full moon was ‘extremely super’. There was only 2 minutes difference between perigee and full moon.

Year Super Full Moon Perigee Difference
Date UTC Dist. [km] Date UTC Dist. [km] Time Dist. [km]
2010 Jan 30 6:19 356607.267 Jan 30 9:04 356593.813 2h 45m 13.454
2011 Mar 19 18:11 356579.792 Mar 19 19:10 356578.229 0h 59m 1.563
2012 May 6 3:36 356954.016 May 6 3:34 356954.015 0h 2m 0.01
2013 Jun 23 11:32 356991.415 Jun 23 11:11 356991.226 0h 21m 0.189
2014 Aug 10 18:11 356898.198 Aug 10 17:44 356897.888 0h 27m 0.310
2015 Sep 28 2:52 356878.329 Sep 28 1:47 356876.424 1h 5m 1.905
2016 Nov 14 13:54 356522.757 Nov 14 11:24 356511.782 2h 30m 10.975

Moon Eclipse 25 May 2013

May 24th, 2013

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on May 25, 2013.

Where the Moon eclipse will be visible?

Figure below shows the Earth’s area where the Moon eclipse will be visible (source: eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Moon Eclipse 25 May, 2013

Click the image to enlarge. The eclipse will be visible in the white area, so as you can see, the eclipse will be visible from the Americas and western Africa.

What time will 25 May, 2013 Moon eclipse will take place?

Note: you can click on the links to see the UTC hours in your local time.

See also: Moon Phase Tonight Current or simulated Moon phase, position and Moon parameters such as Moon-Earth distance, illumination, declination etc.

LONDON 2012 – Two New Pages

July 5th, 2012

Today two new pages have been added to our site.

  1. London 2012 – Current Time  – current time during XXX Summer Olympic Games in London 2012, ‘uk time to my time’ conversion chart, time differences between user local time and BST (British Summer Time – time observed in London during Olympic Games), most interesting sport events (finals and gold medal matches) schedule with time given in BST, UTC and user local time, map of venues.
  2. London 2012 – List of Venues – list of all Olympic Venues with sports, location, zone, capacity. Map of Olympic Venues.

 

Wimbledon 2012 Ladies’ Semifinals

July 4th, 2012

In Wimbledon’s quarterfinals:
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) defeated Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 7 – 5, 4 – 6, 7 – 5
Serena Williams (USA) defeated Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-3, 7-5
Angelique Kerber (GER) defeated Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-3 6-7(7) 7-5
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-3 7-6(4)

World No 3. Agnieszka Radwanska will face Angelique Kerber (8) in the ladies’ semifinals.
World No 6. Serena Williams will face Victoria Azarenka (2) in the Wimbledon’s semifinal.

Ladies’ semifinals are scheduled to be played Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 12:00 UK time (11:00 UTC)

See also: Current Time At Wimbledon

EURO 2012 – Italy vs Germany 2:1

June 28th, 2012

Today (28 July 2012) Italy wins over Germany 2:1 in semi-finals of UEFA European Football Championship EURO 2012. So, Italy will face Spain in the final on Sunday (July 1) in Kiev, Ukraine.

See also: EURO 2012 Time Now

Lukas Rosol – Wimbledon

June 28th, 2012

On 28 June 2012, Lukas Rosol (27 years old) defeated Rafael Nadal (world number 2 ) at Wimbledon in the second round in five sets (6:7 (9-11), 6:4, 6:4, 2:6, 6:4), to achieve one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history. Tim Henman (retired English tennis player) cited his performance as a “freak match”, as it was only his 19th match win ever.

See also: Wimbledon – Current Time

Wimbledon 2012

June 26th, 2012

The 2012 Wimbledon Tennis Championships take place at the All England Lawn Tennis
and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, UK, from 25 June to 8 July 2012.
It is the 126th edition of the championships. It’s part of the Grand Slam and
ATP World Tour.

On our newly launched page you can easily check current time in Wimbledon, London, UK as well as time difference between your local time and British Summer Time.

UEFA EURO 2012 Final Tournament

June 5th, 2012

The final tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship EURO 2012 starts on Friday, June 8 2012. It will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. Because it is one of the greatest events in European Football (soccer), for those who want to follow the matches, we provide a special page:UEFA EURO 2012 match schedule and time now in Poland and Ukraine.

    The page includes:

  • Current UTC, current user local time, current time in Poland and Ukraine.
  • Timetable of the EURO 2012 matches with time given in
    UTC, Poland (CEST-Central European Summer Time), Ukraine (EEST-Estern European Summer Time)
    and, probably most important – user local time. (It also includes
    printable version of the EURO 2012 schedule)
  • Timezone difference between Poland, Ukraine and user local time.
  • Locations of Stadiums in Poland and Ukraine (google maps)

All matches during EURO 2012 are scheduled to be played at 16:00 (4:00pm) and 18:45 (6:45pm) UTC; 18:00 (6:00pm), 20:45 (8:45pm) Poland/CEST; 19:00 (7:00pm), 21:45 (9:45pm) Ukraine/EEST. Using the page, you can easily check kick-off times of the matches in your local time.

Patrick Makau Record

September 25th, 2011

Patrick Makau from Kenya brakes men’s marathon world record on Sunday, 25 september 2011 and wins Berlin marathon. He ran 42 km and 195 meters (26.2188 miles) in 2 hours 3 minutes 38 seconds. The previous record was set by Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) in 2008 on the same Berlin course.

Patrick Makau average speed during his winning marathon race in Berlin was: 42.195m/2h3m38s = 20.48km/h or 12.72 miles/hour (as you can compute in our speed calculator)