Invest95L in Caribbean now slated to move toward Gulf

You may have heard me joke the other day that this thing was like that scene from the comedy, Austin Powers. Where, when falling out of a building he lands on a woman (who had…

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2020-2021 Gulf Coast Winter Outlook

After four-consecutive “wins” at seasonal forecasting, last year’s Outlook was, in a word, not great. It felt like I missed nearly every place I tried to get right. Okay, it wasn’t that bad. I gave…

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10/9/20 4PM NHC Advisory: Hurricane Delta now Category 2, nearing landfall

SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT LOCATION…29.3N 93.2W ABOUT 35 MI…55 KM S OF CAMERON LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…105 MPH…165 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 14 MPH…22 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…966 MB…28.53 INCHES FORECAST…

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10/9/20 10AM NHC UPDATE: Delta still Category 3 Hurricane, landfall this evening

Major Hurricane Delta continues to pinwheel toward the Louisiana coastline. The storm is still moving north around 12mph. The impacts during the next 24 hours will be spread across parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi…

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10/8/20 10AM Update: After a night of reorganization, Delta intensifying

Y’all. I get it. I’m tired of these things, too. If you think you’re getting tired of reading about the threat from a hurricane or tropical storm, you can’t imagine how I feel about writing…

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10/7/20 4PM Update: Hurricane Delta reorganizing, moving toward Gulf Coast

SUMMARY OF 400 PM CDT LOCATION…22.1N 89.5W ABOUT 55 MI…90 KM NNE OF PROGRESO MEXICO ABOUT 580 MI…935 KM SSE OF CAMERON LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…85 MPH…140 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 17…

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10/7/20 12PM Update: Hurricane Delta track shifts west after pummeling Yucatan peninsula

Hurricane Delta is beginning to emerge back over water and into the Gulf of Mexico today. The once-Category 4 storm is now back down to a Category 2 Hurricane. Given all of the moving pieces,…

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10/6/20 10AM Update: Major Hurricane Delta moves toward Yucatan, then toward northern Gulf Coast

Through most of the day yesterday, Hurricane Delta re-organized and intensified. It, steadily, grew from a Tropical Storm to a Category 2 Hurricane. This morning, it continues to strengthen and will likely make it to…

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Tropical Storm Delta continues organization, moving toward Gulf

Anyone else exhausted from Hurricane Season? I know I am. If this could be my last blog post for a hurricanes during 2020, I’d be ecstatic. This is getting old. But hey, here we are.…

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Tropical Storm Beta continues to slowly spin in the Gulf

Because why not, right? If there is anything the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season has taught me, it is that Professor Nicholson was right: “All the rules always apply… except when they don’t.” Having back-to-back systems…

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