Tropical weather
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The fairly disorganized area of convection in the western Gulf of Mexico has pulled together enough to form Tropical Storm Olga. Olga is expected to last for only a few hours before it merges with a cold front and becomes a remnant depression. Rain from Olga has been affecting Alabama and northwest Georgia today, but…
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Small tornadoes can be a problem in land-falling tropical systems, and Nestor was no exception. Damage from several tornadoes was observed in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina as the storm passed. The Weather Channel has a good article summarizing the damage from Nestor, including the tornadoes, which you can view at https://weather.com/news/news/2019-10-19-tropical-storm-nestor-florida-tornado-georgia-carolinas.
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The latest track of Tropical Storm Nestor just came out at 11 pm EDT, and shows that the center of Nestor is likely to make landfall early tomorrow morning, just two or three hours after my blog digest comes out. Nestor is a lopsided storm, so a lot of the rain will be out ahead…
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Another tropical disturbance is headed towards Georgia. This storm, which is likely to become TS Nestor in the next day, is predicted to develop in the western Gulf of Mexico and move towards the northeast. Some high clouds from the storm are already visible on satellite over SW Georgia. At this time the forecast models…
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In their latest blog post on historical hurricanes to hit North Carolina, the Corey Davis of the NC Climate Office looks at Hurricane Hazel, which hit 65 years ago today at the only category-4 hurricane to ever hit the state. You can read more about it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=301&h=5666e5c1.
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In their latest posting about historical hurricanes and tropical storms that have affected North Carolina, the North Carolina Climate Office describes how Frances, Ivan and Jeanne crossed the state during a three-week period in 2004, dropping torrential rain and resulting in the wettest month ever in the western part of the state. You can read…
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The Farm Journal’s Pork Newsletter produced an excellent list of things to do before, during and after a hurricane hits a hog producer’s operations. We still have a couple months of the tropical season to go, so it is not too late to get hit by another tropical storm or hurricane. You can check it…