Tropical weather
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Earlier this week I talked about Tropical Storm Henri and how it looked like it would stay out to sea in the Atlantic. But since then, the forecasts have changed and are creeping west and now there is a chance it could hit the Northeast US early next week, although the cone of uncertainty that…
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It’s Henri, the 8th storm of 2021! Henri formed today in the Atlantic near Bermuda and looks like it will do a big loop before heading back to the northeast. No threat to any of us here in the US other than perhaps a few waves on the coast. Meanwhile, Fred is moving north along…
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Lots going on in the tropics today! Fred has regained its strength and is back to a tropical storm. Not too likely to become a hurricane, though, so the main impacts will continue to be gusty winds, a small chance of an isolated tornado, and lots of rain along and to the right of the…
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With Fred and then Grace likely to affect farms in the Southeast this weekend and next week, there are plenty of things that you can do to get ready for the storms. In this case, both storms are lkely to feature plenty of rain along with some strong wind gusts and perhaps a few weak…
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Today Tropical Depression Fred’s predicted path was shifted westward and slowed down to bring more rain to Alabama and northern Georgia and less to the East Coast (unless it changes again). It is likely to regain tropical storm strength over the Gulf, although it should rapidly weaken again once it makes landfall on Monday. All…
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Tropical Storm (and now Depression) Fred got its feet cut out from under it by the mountains of Hispaniola today and became very disorganized. The National Hurricane Center is predicting that it will gain sufficient strength over the Gulf to regain its strength as a weak tropical storm and move north to the west of…
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It took all day, but at 11 pm the National Hurricane Center declared the potential TS 6 has organized into a tropical storm named Fred. TS Fred is expected to continue on its predicted path along the arc of islands and then into the Gulf of Mexico. Fred is likely to have quite a bit…
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