Major Hurricane Delta continues to pinwheel toward the Louisiana coastline. The storm is still moving north around 12mph. The impacts during the next 24 hours will be spread across parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. Before I get any further, there is an awesome animation from Dr. Kim Wood at Mississippi State of Delta. This is the entire… Read more →
SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT LOCATION…24.8N 93.4W ABOUT 345 MI…555 KM S OF CAMERON LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…115 MPH…185 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH…19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…959 MB…28.32 INCHES FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 08/2100Z 24.8N 93.4W 100 KT 115 MPH 12H 09/0600Z 26.3N 93.9W 110 KT 125 MPH 24H 09/1800Z 28.6N 93.5W 105… Read more →
Y’all. I get it. I’m tired of these things, too. If you think you’re getting tired of reading about the threat from a hurricane or tropical storm, you can’t imagine how I feel about writing about the threat for hurricanes and tropical storms. When this season ends, I’m going to need two glasses of wine. You know, the types of… Read more →
Hurricane Delta is in, what I’ve often called, a “primo environment.” That is to say, it has warm water and low shear, so it is free to organize and strengthen without predictable physics getting in the way. The no-longer-Category-4 Hurricane may be a “shell” of its former self in terms of top-end wind speed, but it has gained a lot… Read more →
SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT LOCATION…22.1N 89.5W ABOUT 55 MI…90 KM NNE OF PROGRESO MEXICO ABOUT 580 MI…935 KM SSE OF CAMERON LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…85 MPH…140 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 17 MPH…28 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…977 MB…28.85 INCHES FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 07/2100Z 22.1N 89.5W 75 KT 85 MPH 12H 08/0600Z 23.2N 91.2W 85… Read more →
