Posted on 10/05/2017 5:55:18 AM PDT by apillar
Tropical Storm Nate has formed in the western Caribbean Sea and is increasingly likely to pose a threat to parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast as a strong tropical storm or a low-end hurricane this weekend, after tracking over Nicaragua and Honduras today.
It is now likely that Nate will make landfall along the northern Gulf Coast, somewhere between Louisiana and Florida, Sunday. It remains too soon to tell where exactly this landfall will occur. The uncertainty in Nate's forecast track is higher than normal.
Most guidance also suggests this landfall will most likely be as a low-end hurricane. However, intensity forecasts are notoriously tricky this far out in time and may change.
Land interaction with Central America or the Yucatan Peninsula would likely limit the amount of intensification despite the other favorable conditions.
(Excerpt) Read more at weather.com ...
Heard it on the radio in Florida yesterday when we were still in possible range. Let my mother know, she’s in Mississippi, hadn’t heard a thing on local news.
“”I have to say I’m incredibly impressed with how GA Power responded to Irma””
Can’t complain even going without power for 3 days in Metro Atlanta. Not when following the news on the radio was so grim in other places. ::BUT:: it’s still pretty aggravating when we lose power when it sprinkles. Lots of outages yearly without any storms. Never any explanation as to the causes - happens too often!!!
n today’s world, in addition to my daily devotionals, and news sites each morning, is at least one weather site in addition to Joe Bastardi’s daily update on Weatherbell. I think he first called in the one on the 23rd to be on the lookout for development in 7-10 days where 16 just did.
Where on his site is the daily update...I have looked a couple times and cannot find it...
I am using Firefox browser...Perhaps it is not showing up?
A lot of it is just because we have lots of trees and overhead power lines. And lines are *incredibly* expensive to bury.
If it follows the current projected path, us folks in S. MS will be on the bad side and even though it won't be another Katrina, Katrina is still fresh in our minds....
Trump to Putin: “okay, Vlad, I get it, your weather machine works. Nice going.”
Sounds like Maine CMP....third world power.
Go to the homepage and then start scrolling down almost to the bottom of the page. His is typically the update video on the left next to his picture.
He has a great sense of humor and always ends each one with
“Enjoy the weather because its the only one you got.”
I heard they re-elected Ray Nagin after Katrina. I guess in their minds he did a wonderful job. So what’s he up to nowadays. Maybe they can bring him back because he has sooooo much experience with hurricanes. /Sarc.
NO WORRIES...Its just another chocolate city
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Oh that’s SO outdated.
Now it’s Trump’s fault. (Although I DID hear GWB & DJT are secretly working together. Shhhhh......)
/sarc
“”A lot of it is just because we have lots of trees and overhead power lines. And lines are *incredibly* expensive to bury.””
I was outside talking to a neighbor last night whose house was smushed by a humungous tree in Irma...needless to say she can’t live there while all kinds of work is being done rebuilding 1/2 of the house. She’s having some trees taken out this week and I looked around and asked why there weren’t any wires of any kind running to the house. She said they were all underground and it was like that when they bought the property. I knew their cable was but I never thought about the lines before. I wish ours (phone/electric/cable) were. Blasted squirrels chew through the wires and cause all kinds of trouble. GA has more trees and LINES I swear than any other state...Just one street can have so many lines criss-crossing from one side to the other that it would be enough to cover the entire country. We removed 40 trees from our property when we came here and the owner of the vacant lot next door just had 50 removed....
I’ll amend that to - MORE trees, lines and squirrels!!!!
Please do and report back.
And ask about the looming storm heading this way which will likewise be...hard on the power grid.
I am adding Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida to this thread.
Too early to say where it will make landfall.
Yesterday early, it was Florida. Today it is forecast to hit Louisiana Delta/Mississippi Gulf Coast...
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But it is too early for anything definite.
New Orleans has had trouble with flooding from a heavy rainstorm.
Democratic Mayor alert and the person is a Landrieu.
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