Hurricane Sally made landfall around 5:45 AM EDT on September 16 as a category-2 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The core of Sally moved ashore over Orange Beach, Alabama after gaining strength on its final approach to the coast. The slow forward motion of the storm together with its gain in intensity brought prolonged periods of heavy rainfall, storm surge ... Continue Reading »
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Atlantic Alphabet Exhausted; Cat-4 Teddy to Approach Bermuda, Wilfred & Alpha form, Beta Likely this Weekend
The hyperactive Atlantic season continues unabated. Category-4 Teddy will track close to Bermuda as a major hurricane Sunday night. Tropical Storm Wilfred formed today in the deep tropics and is no risk to land while Subtropical Storm Alpha formed just off the coast of Portugal. Tropical Depression Twenty-Two is likely to become Beta over the weekend and needs to be mo ... Continue Reading »
Hurricane Sally Makes Category-2 Landfall Near Gulf Shores, Alabama
Hurricane Sally made landfall at 4:45 am local time near Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category-2 Hurricane. Sally is the fourth hurricane to make landfall in the continental U.S. this year and is the first hurricane to make landfall in Alabama since Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Sally is forecast to move inland slowly today while weakening, before regaining forward speed along a ... Continue Reading »
Hurricane Sally on Final Approach to Central Gulf Coast
Hurricane Sally is now drifting in the northern Gulf of Mexico as a category-1 hurricane, and expected to begin a slow turn to the northeast over the coming hours. The hurricane is forecast to make landfall very early Wednesday morning. The slow forward motion of the system will bring prolonged periods of heavy rainfall to amplify the threat for inland flooding. Wind impacts ... Continue Reading »
Tropical Storm Sally Expected to Make Landfall as a Slow-Moving Hurricane in Louisiana
Tropical Storm Sally continues to track slowly toward the Central Gulf Coast and is expected to take advantage of warm waters and low wind shear to strengthen into a hurricane prior to landfall. At the peak of hurricane season, Sally is one of five systems currently active in the Atlantic, including Hurricane Paulette that made landfall in Bermuda this morning. There ... Continue Reading »
Strengthening Tropical Storm Sally on Path to Hurricane Landfall along Central Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Sally has been bringing heavy rainfall and winds to portions of Florida over the weekend, and is now emerging into the Gulf of Mexico. Both of the best predictors for strengthening are present; namely very warm waters and low wind shear. A hurricane landfall along the Central Gulf Coast, with the threat of heavy rainfall, strong winds, and a dangerous storm surge ... Continue Reading »
Hurricane Nana Makes Landfall in Belize
Hurricane Nana intensified to a minimal category-1 hurricane in the western Caribbean Sea late Wednesday, hours before making landfall on the coast of Belize between the cities of Dangriga and Placencia, 50 miles south of Belize City. After landfall, Nana has moved inland across Belize with the primary threat of heavy rainfall in mountainous areas of Belize, Honduras and ... Continue Reading »
CAT-i Bulletin: Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura made landfall around 1 AM CDT Thursday, August 27 as a high-end category-4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The storm moved ashore near Cameron, Louisiana after a period of rapid intensification, tying for the fifth strongest landfalling continental US hurricane on record. Severe wind damage has been reported to property and infrastructure in ... Continue Reading »
Catastrophic and Historic Hurricane Laura Makes Louisiana Landfall as Category-4
Hurricane Laura made landfall last night over southwest Louisiana with destructive winds, storm surge and heavy rainfall. Maximum sustained winds at landfall were 150 mph according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), a significant category-4 hurricane . The center of circulation moved inland near Cameron, Louisiana around 2 AM EDT. Laura is now a category-2 ... Continue Reading »
Laura on approach to Louisiana/Texas Coast as Significant Hurricane – Escalating Wind and Surge Threat
Hurricane Laura poses an escalating threat for both wind and storm surge impacts for southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. The storm should move ashore as a destructive major hurricane very early Thursday morning. Impacts to property and infrastructure will affect a large area extending well inland and away from the track, and will be most severe along and to the right of ... Continue Reading »
