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Good afternoon. Hurricane Laura has rolled on into Arkansas this afternoon and weakened to a tropical storm. However it has left a trail of destruction in its wake. This post will be very image heavy, with a number of pictures of damage that caught my eye through the day in Louisiana that I’d like to […]
Read MorePOSTED AT 8:20 PM CT WEDNESDAY: Hurricane Laura has made its turn to the north in earnest late this afternoon and evening, and is likely heading for landfall on the Louisiana coast, possibly near Calcasieu Pass, south of Lake Charles. Wherever it makes landfall doesn’t mean much now short of who sees the absolute worst […]
Read MorePOSTED AT 2 PM CT WEDNESDAY: Good afternoon. Hurricane Laura has continued strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico all day so far, showing no signs of slowing. It is now up to category 4 intensity, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. Could Laura achieve category 5 status before landfall? It’s possible, as there are […]
Read MorePOSTED AT 8:30 PM CT TUESDAY: Good evening, and we come to you with some positive news for once, at least as it relates to Houston. In a nutshell, we have a growing consensus for Laura to make landfall far enough east of Houston to likely spare us really bad impacts. Just to be clear, […]
Read MoreGood evening. We don’t have any real good news or bad news tonight on the Laura front relative to Eric’s post earlier today. I would not change any of the scenario percentages he put down either. I was hoping we might have some good news, but alas, we are not there yet. This is explained […]
Read MoreGood morning. We’ll run down both storms this morning, though at a high level our concern and interest is primarily focused on Laura at this time. Marco Tropical Storm Marco continues to try and become a hurricane this morning in the Gulf. Marco is expected to continue lifting just west of due north today, and […]
Read MoreGood evening. Eric’s update from this afternoon has most of the situation covered. I’m here to just refresh what’s going on, and I also want to talk a little bit about Laura. Marco As of this evening, Marco has moved past the Yucatan channel and into the southern Gulf of Mexico. Marco still has maximum […]
Read MoreGood morning. We’ve got a full rundown on Tropical Depression 14 here today, and we’ll touch on Tropical Depression 13 as well. First, let’s get you through Sunday’s forecast. Today through Sunday The next three days have some similarities, and they should be mainly sunny with slight shower chances. The maximum coverage of showers may […]
Read MoreGood afternoon. Tropical Depression 14 formed late this morning from the disturbance previously dubbed Invest 97L. This is the primary system we will watch over the next few days as it moves toward the Gulf. Here’s a brief rundown of what we know and, more importantly what we don’t know. Now Tropical Depression 14 is […]
Read MoreAs we’ve been telling you for essentially weeks now, the tropics are becoming very active. Some of this is just basic math—as we approach late August and September, the tropics usually come alive. But there is more at play this year, with things happening in the background that should allow for basically an “outbreak” of […]
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