Tropical weather
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This morning Eta was just a tropical storm. As of 10 pm tonight, Eta is a major hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph and getting stronger. It is moving slowly west and is expected to hit the Nicaraguan coast sometime Tuesday morning, with incredible winds, storm surge of up to 18 feet, and torrential…
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The National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center posted a graphic this morning showing that of the 28 named storms in the Atlantic Basin this year, ten affected the Southeast. But only one of those, Sally, produced widespread river flooding, which is lower than some previous years. Of course, the season is not over yet,…
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The first-ever Eta became a hurricane at 11 pm and is moving westward in the Caribbean towards Nicaragua and Honduras. It may become a major hurricane before it makes landfall. Once it gets there, it is expected to drop up to 30 inches of rain in the mountainous terrain, which could cause tremendous flooding, landslides,…
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Zeta weakened today as it passed over the Yucatan, but it is expected to strengthen back to hurricane force before making landfall somewhere between New Orleans and Mobile sometime on Wednesday afternoon or evening. After landfall it will accelerate to the northeast–by the time it is over northern GA it will be moving at 30…
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Hurricane Zeta formed today and is headed towards the Yucatan peninsula, where it is expected to make landfall south of Cancun before moving NE into the Gulf of Mexico. It will move north and then northeast as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday afternoon. It is not clear if it will be a…
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As expected, Tropical Storm Zeta was named today and is expected to make landfall as a hurricane on Wednesday along the Louisiana coast. So far this time it looks like eastern LA is more likely to be hit, but there is still some time for things to change. The storm is then expected to pass…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that this coming week will be quite a bit rainier than the last couple due to the passage of what is likely to be Tropical Storm Zeta (now tropical depression 28) mid-week. The heaviest rain from Zeta should fall in parts of Alabama and Georgia Tuesday night through Thursday…