2021 Hurricane and Tropical Weather

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Five-day tropical weather outlook from the National Hurricane Center. The orange disturbance looks like it could cause problems for the NC coast, and the red one--who knows what it will do, but scary.

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently
downgraded Tropical Storm Nicholas, located over the upper Texas
coastal plain near Houston.

1. A tropical wave accompanied by a well-defined low pressure system is located about 400 miles southeast of the southern Cabo Verde Islands. Associated shower and thunderstorm activity continues to show signs of organization, and environmental conditions are conducive for a tropical depression to form during the next couple of days while system moves generally westward at about 15 mph across the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.

2. An area of low pressure is expected to form during the next day or
two a couple of hundred miles north of the southeastern or central
Bahamas as a tropical wave interacts with an upper-level trough.
Some gradual development of this system is forecast thereafter, and
a tropical depression could form later this week while the system
moves north-northwestward or northward across the western Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.

 

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Rough surf this weekend.

What Tropical Storm Odette Will Mean for Northeast
Tropical Storm Odette Forms off East Coast - Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com
From The Weather Channel iPhone App

 

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Up next: Peter

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurr...ook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

 

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And now we have Rose. They need a longer list of names….

Tropical Storm Rose forms as the 17th Atlantic storm of 2021, continuing the busy tropical season
Tropical Storm Rose forms as the 17th Atlantic storm of 2021, continuing the busy tropical season - CNN

“This makes 2021 the third year to have reached at least 17 named storms by this point of the season in satellite era (1966 and beyond), according to Dr. Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University. There are only four names left on the list for the Atlantic basin: Sam, Teresa, Victor and Wanda.”

 

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Not sure yet where Sam is headed but sounds like he will be a force to be reckoned with at some point next week.

Tropical Storm Sam swirls to life in a frenetic season, expected to be a hurricane by Friday (msn.com)

 

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Well, Teresa is now out there.

Once the first name list has been exhausted, on to the supplemental name list.

 

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Latest on Sam from NHC. I'm grateful that it's not going to slam into NC or any other states!

 

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Per NHC, there are two other disturbances in the Atlantic with an 80% chance of developing into a cyclone in 5 days.

 

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Here’s Victor….

Tropical Storm Victor forms in the east Atlantic, continuing busy 2021 season
Tropical Storm Victor forms in the east Atlantic, continuing busy 2021 season - CNN

 

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A change that may give us a busier end of hurricane season this year. It’s been really quiet over here on the west coast of FL.

My oldest was in Biloxi, MS this morning, about to go out to sea for 10 days, when a boat mate tested positive for Covid. Everyone was sent home. They’ll stay home for 3-5 days to watch for symptoms. Hopefully, head back out late next week. I’m hoping the weather holds in the GOM.


La Niña has arrived and will stick around. Here is what that means for the dry Southwest and US hurricanes
La Niña has arrived and will stick around. Here is what that means for the dry Southwest and US hurricanes - CNN

 

[PayrollNerd]

Well, lets hope so but the month is young......

Tropical Storm Wanda may be the last gasp for hurricane season (msn.com)

 

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This is interesting. Adding to the land on the coast isn’t a permanent solution (20 year lifespan) but I sure hope it saves lives and property.

Hurricane 'speed bump' constructed along Louisiana coastline

 

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and that's a wrap.........

Atlantic hurricane season ends up as more costly than the record-breaking one in 2020 - CNN

The 2021 season became only the third in history to use all of the names on the rotating seasonal list (the previous years were 2020 and 2005).

We ended the season with 21 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher). During an average year there would be 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. This year met or exceeded each of those categories, and it was forecast to be that way. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.

 

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Hurricane Ida, Europe floods made 2021 costly for disasters

Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters, reinsurance company Munich Re said Monday.