10/7/20 4PM Update: Hurricane Delta reorganizing, moving toward Gulf Coast

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…

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10/7/20 12PM Update: Hurricane Delta track shifts west after pummeling Yucatan peninsula

Hurricane Delta is beginning to emerge back over water and into the Gulf of Mexico today. The once-Category 4 storm is now back down to a Category 2 Hurricane. Given all of the moving pieces,…

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10/6/20 4PM NHC Advisory: Category 4 Hurricane Delta track shifts west

The National Hurricane Center track has shifted to the west a bit – not much – but still includes Louisiana and most of Mississippi. From the NHC CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AS OF 4PM CT LOCATION…18.9N 84.1W…

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10/6/20 10AM Update: Major Hurricane Delta moves toward Yucatan, then toward northern Gulf Coast

Through most of the day yesterday, Hurricane Delta re-organized and intensified. It, steadily, grew from a Tropical Storm to a Category 2 Hurricane. This morning, it continues to strengthen and will likely make it to…

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10/6/20 Early AM Update: Hurricane Delta approaches Yucatan, forecast to become Major Hurricane

via GIPHY Hurricane Delta is making a good effort to get better organized and strengthen tonight. The Category 1 Hurricane spent most of the day wrapping around the centralized area of low pressure and is…

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10/5/20 4PM NHC Advisory: Tropical Storm Delta forecast shifts, increases intensity

The 4PM Advisory is out from the National Hurricane Center. Here is the latest on Tropical Storm Delta. SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT LOCATION…16.2N 79.4W ABOUT 160 MI…260 KM SSW OF NEGRIL JAMAICA ABOUT 245…

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Tropical Storm Delta continues organization, moving toward Gulf

Anyone else exhausted from Hurricane Season? I know I am. If this could be my last blog post for a hurricanes during 2020, I’d be ecstatic. This is getting old. But hey, here we are.…

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Invest92L churning in the Caribbean, heading toward Gulf

You know, it was a nice break. Along the Gulf Coast, we haven’t been bothered by a tropical system since Beta back on September 23rd. A full 10 days with nothing in the tropics to…

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Tropical Storm Beta continues to slowly spin in the Gulf

Because why not, right? If there is anything the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season has taught me, it is that Professor Nicholson was right: “All the rules always apply… except when they don’t.” Having back-to-back systems…

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NHC designates disturbance in Bay of Campeche ‘Invest90L’

On the heels of Hurricane Sally, the National Hurricane Center is watching a different tropical disturbance in the Gulf, simultaneously. This area moved past the northern Gulf Coast last weekend and has been parked in…

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