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It’s almost the end of August 2021, so let’s take a quick look at the month to date. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that most of the region was warmer than normal this month, with the lowest departures from normal in Alabama and Georgia. The next few days should be…
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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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Hurricane Ida is currently strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to come onshore in Louisiana on Sunday or Monday as a major hurricane and will cause catastrophic damage to eastern LA with winds of up to 140 mph and storm surge up to 11 feet in some locations. It will also bring…
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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…
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Today Tropical Storm Ida developed south of Cuba as expected. It is currently predicted to move NW into the Gulf of Mexico, where the very warm water there will help it spin up to a major or near-major hurricane before it makes landfall along the Louisiana coast on Sunday. Once it gets over land, it…
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Earlier this week, NOAA released their 31st annual State of the Climate report jointly with the American Meteorological Society and published it as a special supplement to the Bulletin of the AMS. As expected, it shows rising temperatures and new record-high released in greenhouse gases. Notable findings from the international report include: Earth’s greenhouse gases…