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1:45pm CT Update: Good afternoon folks. We promised an update on Hurricane Delta today, but to be honest there are no significant forecast changes to report. As expected, the storm’s wind field is expanding, and its maximum sustained winds have increased slightly, to 105 mph today. Confidence in the forecast track bringing Delta to southwestern […]
Read More6:45 am CT Thursday: Good morning. We’re tracking near-term weather issues related to Hurricane Delta, which is still expected to come ashore in southwestern Louisiana on Friday afternoon or evening. Then, we can anticipate a sunny, hot weekend before a cool front arrives early next week to usher back fall-like weather into the region. That’s […]
Read More2:35pm CT Wednesday update: Good afternoon, and it’s good to be back. Thanks to Eric for dealing with an absentee site partner for the last couple weeks and getting us from Beta to Delta. I sincerely hope this is the last storm we have to write about for the Gulf this year. Hurricane Delta is […]
Read More7 am CT Wednesday Update: Good morning. We’ll take a quick look ahead at our forecast for this week and then turn our attention to Hurricane Delta, which made landfall near Puerto Morelos, in the Yucatan Peninsula, around 5:30 am CT today. It had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. The hurricane will move into […]
Read More7:40 pm CT Update: Just a quick post this evening on Hurricane Delta. The storm has intensified further since this afternoon, reaching maximum sustained winds of 145 mph at 7pm. However some wind shear in the mid-levels of the atmosphere has lately begun to affect Delta and may prevent further strengthening tonight, or even weaken […]
Read More2:10pm CT Tuesday: We’re talking about Hurricane Delta this afternoon, which has undergone rapid intensification and is now a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds. (It was only named Delta 30 hours ago.) The storm will approach the Yucatan Peninsula tonight, and likely make landfall somewhere near Cancún early on Wednesday. This will […]
Read MoreGood morning. Our forecast remains one of ample sunshine and warm weather for Houston, along with the return of humidity by the middle of the week. By next weekend highs could again approach 90 degrees as summer lite returns to the region for a spell. Meanwhile, we’re keeping a tab on the active tropics, but […]
Read MoreJumping in here with a post because we’ve received several questions about the tropics now that potentially two storms may move into the Gulf of Mexico this week. Overall, our thinking has not changed. While the Gulf may may be busy in the coming days, the chance that anything significant tracks into Texas remains quite […]
Read MoreGood morning. Houston’s forecast remains on track, with a succession of mostly sunny days and weak fronts to keep a lid on temperatures and our air reasonably dry. Because there really is nothing else to talk about this morning, we’ll spare a few words on two tropical systems in the Caribbean. The tropics forecast is […]
Read MoreHouston has had an astonishing month when it comes to tropical cyclones. Four weeks ago we were closely watching Hurricane Laura move along the southern coast of Cuba, toward the Gulf of Mexico. And of course, over the last few days, we dealt with heavy rains from Tropical Storm Beta. So amidst a record-setting tropics […]
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