On the evening of November 16th, Hurricane Iota made landfall on the Nicaragua coast as a category-4 hurricane. The center of circulation moved ashore just south of where Hurricane Eta made landfall in recent weeks, with catastrophic effect. Iota has rendered severe to complete damage due to wind along with flooding and mudslides due to heavy rainfall. The impacts affect ... Continue Reading »
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Eta Redevelopment; Caribbean and Florida Threat; Central America Impacts
After making landfall Tuesday afternoon as a dangerous category-4 Hurricane in Nicaragua, Tropical Depression Eta is currently a 35 mph storm over warm waters off the coast of Belize. Catastrophic flooding is occurring in portions of Central America, with landslide potential in higher terrain. Eta is expected to redevelop and begin a track to the northeast, possibly impacting ... Continue Reading »
Hurricane Eta High-End Category-4 Hurricane: Nicaragua Landfall Today
High-end category-4 Hurricane Eta will make landfall today on the Nicaragua coastline. The forecast remains unchanged from yesterday as Eta will render catastrophic damage due to winds, storm surge and inland flooding. In modern memory, the most favored analog for ETA is Hurricane Mitch (1998), a category-5 hurricane that resulted in over 10,000 fatalities and USD 5 billion in ... Continue Reading »
Hurricane Eta to Make Major Hurricane Landfall in Nicaragua Tuesday
Eta developed in the western Caribbean Sea on Saturday, October 30 and has since rapidly intensified. The NHC forecast calls for Eta to become a major hurricane this afternoon and potentially reach category-4 strength before making landfall on the northeast coast of Nicaragua early Tuesday. Eta will be in rare company as only eight hurricanes since 1851 have reached major ... Continue Reading »
Zeta Strengthens Overnight; Higher End Category-2 Landfall Expected Late Today
Hurricane Zeta presents itself slightly stronger than expected this morning, as a high-end category-1 hurricane. Zeta is poised for yet another U.S. Gulf Coast landfall later today, expected this afternoon as a category-2 hurricane over southeast Louisiana and thereafter Mississippi. Zeta's landfall will continue the already record-breaking 2020 hurricane season, marking the ... Continue Reading »
Zeta Landfall as Category-1 on Yucatan Peninsula; Final Category-1 Landfall Forecast Late Wednesday Over Southeast Louisiana
Zeta made landfall over the Yucatan Peninsula overnight as a category-1 hurricane. Initial media reports indicate downed trees and powerlines with power outages, and variable property damage. Zeta is expected by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to regain strength as a category-1 hurricane as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico today. The hurricane should approach the northern ... Continue Reading »
California Extreme Fire Weather Conditions, Colorado Fires, and Oct./Nov. Wildfire Outlook
The strongest Santa Ana Wind event thus far of 2020 is forecast for Monday and Tuesday in southern California with wind gusts forecasted to reach 70 miles per hours in terrain-favored areas of the coastal mountains. Low relative humidities and a developing drought makes conditions favorable for quick spread of fires following ignition and extreme fire behavior making ... Continue Reading »
Delta on Final Approach to Southwest Louisiana
Hurricane Delta is on final approach to the southwest Louisiana Coast as a category-3 hurricane. The outer bands of the storm have already moved ashore and conditions will deteriorate through the day. The National Hurricane Center forecast is for landfall later this evening as a probable category-2. Delta will then weaken as it moves inland toward the Tennessee Valley. Seawater ... Continue Reading »
Delta to Strengthen and Grow in the Gulf; Takes Aim at Louisiana Coast
Hurricane Delta has regained category-2 strength following landfall yesterday along the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Despite losing a significant amount of strength since Tuesday, Delta is currently a well organized hurricane packing winds of 100 mph and is expected to gradually gain intensity over the next 24 hours due to favorable environmental conditions of warm water, high ... Continue Reading »
Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall in Mexico; Strengthening on a Path toward US Gulf Coast
Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified to a category-4 hurricane during the day on Tuesday, attaining wind speeds of 145 mph on a path toward the Yucatan Peninsula. A strong than expected shear environment caused Delta to weaken prior to landfall as a category-2 hurricane in Puerto Morelos, Mexico at 5:45 am CDT Wednesday, bringing destructive wind, rain and storm surge to a ... Continue Reading »
