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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9/16/20 Early AM update: Sally close to landfall geographically, but not temporally, NHC increases intensity
Hurricane Sally continues to defy all odds and rapidly intensify under the most unlikely of situations. The storm did finally reduce the dry air entrainment, but it is sitting over not-as-warm-as-earlier waters that are also…
9/15/20 Late AM Sally update: weak flow, dry air, some shear, cooler water, Cat 1
It looks like the westward progression of Hurricane Sally may be coming to an end. The latest water vapor imagery from the College of DuPage shows some modest flow in the mid-levels that is –…
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9/15/20 Early AM NHC Sally update: Slight weakening, reorganization attempt
SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT LOCATION…28.8N 88.0W ABOUT 75 MI…120 KM ESE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOUT 115 MI…190 KM SSE OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…90 MPH…150 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR…
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9/14/20 Late AM Hurricane Sally Gulf Coast breakdown
The late morning advisory came down from the National Hurricane Center and the Hurricane Hunters noted a shift in the position as the center tries to re-form. This may eventually mean some dramatic implications for…
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