Tropical weather
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In many hurricanes, a number of weak tornadoes form on the spiral bands ahead of the storm. It is much rarer to find really strong tornadoes associated with hurricanes. However, as the remains of Hurricane Ida moved into the Northeast and merged with a front, several strong tornadoes formed ahead of the system. One EF…
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As of Tuesday evening, the National Hurricane Center has identified a broad and disorganized area of tropical activity in the western Gulf of Mexico that they say has a 50-50 chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next two days. If it does happen, it will be somewhere along the northern Gulf Coast…
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It’s still pretty early to see detailed assessments of damage caused by the wind, surge, and rain of Hurricane Ida, but a few stories have appeared in the press so far. Here are the ones I have seen in the last couple of days. Infrastructure used to store and transport grain is one of the…
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Today Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana around noon local time with winds of 150 mph, a storm surge up to 16 feet by at least one report, and torrential rains that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to the area. The winds, surge, and rain brought widespread damage to the area, with…
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As of 11 pm, Hurricane Ida has winds of 105 mph and is continuing to head to the coast of Louisiana, where it is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane near New Orleans. The forecasts have been nudging slightly east, but it’s not clear if that will continue or not. Any changes to…
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Today Ida was upgraded to a hurricane. With exceptionally warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, there is a high potential that the storm may reach a category 4 major hurricane before it makes landfall in Louisiana west of New Orleans. That will put NOLA in the right front quadrant of the storm as it…
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If you are in a coastal county and are likely to be threatened by extreme weather related to coastal storms, you might find these information sheets to be useful. They contain phone numbers, links, and other information for use in emergency situations, particularly tropical storms and hurricanes. You can find the map of available counties…