10/28/20 Zeta 10am NHC Update: Landfall later today along LA coast

RIGHT NOW SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT LOCATION…26.9N 91.7W ABOUT 220 MI…355 KM SW OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOUT 235 MI…380 KM SSW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…90 MPH…150 KM/H…

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Overnight Zeta update: Impacts, new data, and a few videos

Zeta continues to reorganize and restrengthen in the Gulf of Mexico. The satellite data is showing the center getting wrapped back up with convection. That is a sign that it may begin to intensify during…

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4PM NHC Advisory: Hurricane Zeta still forecast to make landfall along LA/MS coast

SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT LOCATION…19.5N 86.0W ABOUT 90 MI…145 KM SE OF COZUMEL MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…80 MPH…130 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…981 MB…28.97 INCHES FORECAST…

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Tropical Storm Zeta early AM estimates: Landfall, Intensity, Impacts

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…

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Tropical Storm Zeta forecast cone shifts back west

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…

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Invest95L in Caribbean now slated to move toward Gulf

You may have heard me joke the other day that this thing was like that scene from the comedy, Austin Powers. Where, when falling out of a building he lands on a woman (who had…

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2020-2021 Gulf Coast Winter Outlook

After four-consecutive “wins” at seasonal forecasting, last year’s Outlook was, in a word, not great. It felt like I missed nearly every place I tried to get right. Okay, it wasn’t that bad. I gave…

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10/9/20 4PM NHC Advisory: Hurricane Delta now Category 2, nearing landfall

SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT LOCATION…29.3N 93.2W ABOUT 35 MI…55 KM S OF CAMERON LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…105 MPH…165 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 14 MPH…22 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…966 MB…28.53 INCHES FORECAST…

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10/9/20 10AM NHC UPDATE: Delta still Category 3 Hurricane, landfall this evening

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…

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10/8/20 10AM Update: After a night of reorganization, Delta intensifying

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…

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