2021 Hurricanes / Tropical Storms

[JEBar]

from the Weather Channel ===> Hurricane Ida's outer bands began bringing heavy rain to the Louisiana coast early Sunday as the storm continued to strengthen overnight. It was packing 150 mph sustained winds, just 7 mph shy of Category 5 force, as the storm's center neared the U.S.

they are showing heavy rain and a tornado warning has already been issued .... the eye is about 50 miles offshore and is expected to make landfall around noon

[JEBar]

the northern eye wall is coming a shore .... sure hope those in harm's way will be safe

[cooperhawk]

That looks pretty darn bad. I saw the mayor of New Orleans on TV a couple of days ago say that if
you hadn't already evacuated, it was already too late. Pretty darn dumb statement in my opinion.

[fortyshooter]

And some Weather Channel added drama.... most likely from a current safer location I just saw on TV they had the reporter struggling to stand upright in the blowing wind and rain with a helmet on. Then in middle of report a 20 something guy with a sweatshirt on and no hat just walks calmly by between the camera and the reporter I had to laugh on that one!

[JEBar]

the bad news from Ida is its moving slowly and is still dumping heavy rain .... the good news is, the levees appear to be holding

[JEBar]

they are now calling for rain and wind from Ida to pass through our home area in central NC during Wednesday afternoon/evening

[markiver54]

they are now calling for rain and wind from Ida to pass through our home area in central NC during Wednesday afternoon/evening

Sterting to cloud up even here Jim!

[Hatchdog]

they are now calling for rain and wind from Ida to pass through our home area in central NC during Wednesday afternoon/evening

Sterting to cloud up even here Jim!

Good luck you guys, I saw the nationwide weather map this morning and that’s a big mess heading northeast. Yuk

[fortyshooter]

Looks like might miss some of the heavy stuff but another inch or so of rain I guess. As long as the wind doesn't get cranked up we should be OK.

[JEBar]

Less than five hours after taking shape over the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall along the Florida Panhandle Wednesday night as a tropical storm in almost the same exact spot that Tropical Storm Fred hit less than one month ago.

Moving ashore under the cover of darkness, Mindy unleashed gusty downpours across the Florida Panhandle with the worst conditions hitting around Panama City and Apalachicola. Video from the region showed a tree rustling in the wind as heavy rain soaked the coastal cities.

[JEBar]

Nicholas if winding up in the Gulf and is forecasted to dump very heavy rain on the Houston area before heading northeast

[JEBar]

Nicholas came ashore as a Cat 1 Hurricane .... looks like Houston got about 7" of rain with a foot or so reported elsewhere with 14" at Galveston .... thousands without power .... Nicholas now moving toward Beaumont, Lake Arthur and New Orleans

[cooperhawk]

Galveston and Dickenson are two of our favorite areas in Texas. Sad.

[cooperhawk]

Mostly Cloudy 61°F 16°C
Humidity 88%
Wind Speed W 9 G 20 mph
Folgers and double chocolate Orios.
.4 inches if rain overnight. Windy and cool today.
Watching rerun of "Duck Dynasty" where the boys try to steal honey from a wild bee hive.

[JEBar]

Sam is only one of four names left on the designated list for the busy 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Teresa, Victor and Wanda will be the only names remaining on the list once Sam is named.

Once these names have been used, and that is likely to happen this season, a supplemental list of tropical storm names, prepared by the World Meteorological Organization, will be utilized. This list will replace the Greek Alphabet, which was used to name storms during the hyperactive 2020 and 2005 hurricane seasons.

[Hatchdog]

Let’s hope Teresa, Victor or Wanda don’t show up. My neighbor is leaving in a few days for 4-5 weeks heading to Austin, Cape Canaveral, Alabama and other areas in the SE. He plans to be gone for 4-5 weeks so will be in the storm area for quite a while.

[cooperhawk]

Sam is still off the coast of Afrika and there is no way to know where it will go yet.

[JEBar]

Hurricane Sam developed over the open waters of the eastern Atlantic on Friday morning after becoming the 18th named storm of the 2021 hurricane season on Thursday morning .... forecasters expect Sam to strengthen further into a major hurricane prior to approching the islands of the northern Caribbean next week.

it is still to soon to be able know if it will hit the US or stay out in the Atlantic

[JEBar]

Sam is a huge Cat 4 that is spinning away out in the Atlantic .... the good news is, the current projection calls for Sam to not come into contact with the US

[JEBar]

Forecasters say confidence is growing that the United States will miss out on a direct hit from Hurricane Sam, but the monster storm will still be able to make some waves.

As of Sunday morning, Hurricane Sam was located about 900 miles to the east-southeast of the Leeward Islands and was tracking to the west-northwest at 8 mph. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles from the center of Sam and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles. Sam remained a Category 4 major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph. A major hurricane is any storm classified as a Category 3 hurricane or greater.