"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message

Looks like a nasty line-squall rather than anything to do with a
hurricane. There's no cirrus shield and no swell on the sea.

Norman.

I was pondering the cirrus too Norman and agree.

Furthermore how close would a tanker wish to get to a hurricane, presumably
not very close. In saying that I'm reminded of the QE2's encounter with
hurricane Luis in 1995 which caused a bit of a stir at the time on the now
defunct Metroute bench. http://www.qe2.org.uk/luis.html

Jon.