We are still a bit too early in the game for specifics like, “XX town will see YY amount of rain” or “ZZ city will experience CC wind speed” but the forecast track and – to some extent – the potential strength of the storm are starting to be knowable given the data that is becoming available. Right now The… Read more →
I think I’m going to coin this the “L.I.I.” or “L2I” or “L-double-I” in the future. Landfall, Intensity and Impacts for/from Tropical Storm Zeta. This will be a breakdown of potentials and estimates for the system through the rest of this week based on the latest model guidance and trends. The NHC Forecast First I want to offer the official… Read more →
The title says it all. This will be a rather odd landfall-tropical-situation along the Gulf Coast. Because while the people who are in the direct path of this system will see the heavy rain, damaging wind, and tornado potential, others only 100 miles away may see almost nothing. All the while, a cold front is set to move through the… Read more →
Before I get started about the current tropical situation, take a look at this map from Sam Lillo. This is incredible. Here’s a map of the amount of time spent in the 5-day NHC forecast cones so far in 2020. Louisiana has had a cumulative of THREE WEEKS in the cone this year! And now we have TD 28 tracking… Read more →
The National Hurricane Center is very confident that Invest 95L will organize into a Tropical Depression, or perhaps even a Tropical Storm, by later today. The model guidance is starting to come into better agreement. The thought is, in general, that Invest 95L will lift north into the Gulf and then slide north toward the northern Gulf Coast as the… Read more →
