Hello everyone! The big story in the tropics this morning is still Hurricane Sally which is crawling ever so slowly towards the Gulf Coast. The storm has been struggling to tighten up its inner core in the face of mid-level dry air and some southwesterly wind shear. Note the lack of cloud cover southwest ofContinue reading “Hurricane Sally Crawling Slowly Towards The Gulf Coast This Morning”
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Sally Steadily Organizing Over the Gulf of Mexico This Morning
Hello everyone! Yesterday, we talked a lot about how Sally’s intensity forecast was quite uncertain but that the storm was likely to intensify into a hurricane if it was able to wrap deep convection around its low-level center. Unfortunately, that has been happening over the past twelve hours or so, though in fits and starts. LastContinue reading “Sally Steadily Organizing Over the Gulf of Mexico This Morning”
Sally Expected to Impact the New Orleans Area as a Hurricane Tomorrow and Tuesday
Hello everyone! While there are plenty (seven!) of systems to watch across the tropical Atlantic this morning, our focus remains on Tropical Storm Sally which is expected to intensify into a hurricane before impacting the New Orleans area and adjacent parts of the northern Gulf Coast beginning tomorrow and continuing through Wednesday. In recent days,Continue reading “Sally Expected to Impact the New Orleans Area as a Hurricane Tomorrow and Tuesday”
TD19 Becomes TS Sally, Expected To Make Landfall As A Hurricane In SE Louisiana Tuesday
Hello everyone! It’s a very busy evening in the tropics as we watch four active tropical cyclones and two disturbances that might develop in the next five days. Each of our systems is visible on this loop of the tropical Atlantic. From west to east, we have a disturbance in the Gulf (30% chance of development),Continue reading “TD19 Becomes TS Sally, Expected To Make Landfall As A Hurricane In SE Louisiana Tuesday”
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