Tropical weather
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The latest 7-day outlook for the Atlantic shows a lot of activity, including the remains of Idalia, Franklin, Jose, and another area that has a 90 percent chance of becoming a named storm (Katia) in the next week. There is also another area that has a 30% chance of development in the next week that…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office published its summary of the impacts of Hurricane Idalia just a few hours after it left the state. How is that for speedy service? You can read it at Rapid Reaction: Idalia Ends August on a Wet Note – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).
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Idalia comes ashore as a high-end Category 3 storm, brings heavy rain and strong winds to the region
Tonight Tropical Storm Idalia is moving NE close to Charleston. It came ashore just before 8 am this morning near Cedar Key in the Big Bend of Florida as a high-end category 3 storm after briefly reaching Category 4 before it weakened as it started an eyewall replacement cycle just before landfall. Predictions of the…
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As of 11 pm, Idalia has strengthened to just under a Category 3 storm with winds of 110 mph and a small eye and is expected to continue to strengthen overnight before it makes landfall in Florida tomorrow morning. The forecasts have been shifting slightly west all day, and observers are watching carefully on Tuesday…
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Over the course of the day, Idalia become much better organized and strengthened a lot compared to yesterday’s status. It is expected to become a hurricane soon. Additional measurements and computer models have allowed the National Hurricane Center to tighten up the forecast cone predicting where Idalia will go and how strong it will get.…
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Early Sunday morning, Tropical Depression 10 became Tropical Storm Idalia. Today, the storm wobbled south and did not show much sign of organizing, but in the last couple of hours on Sunday that has started to change, and the circulation is starting to look more robust. This is a sign that the storm is likely…
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At 5 pm on Saturday the National Hurricane Center designated the tropical low pressure center in the southern Gulf to be Tropical Depression 10, which signals that there is a closed circulation and starts the process of producing forecast maps for the storm. It is expected to become Tropical Storm Idalia as soon as they…
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