Delta Cometh

[jaF0]

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/234234.shtml?cone#contents

At 800 PM EDT (0000 UTC), the center of Hurricane Delta was located
near latitude 16.5 North, longitude 79.6 West. Delta is moving
toward the west-northwest near 8 mph (13 km/h). A faster
northwestward motion is expected Tuesday through Wednesday night.
On the forecast track, the center of Delta is expected to pass
southwest of the Cayman Islands early Tuesday, and approach the
northeastern portion of the Yucatan peninsula and the Yucatan
Channel Tuesday afternoon or evening. Delta is forecast to move
over the southern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night or early Wednesday,
and be over the south-central Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and
Wednesday night.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/052342.shtml?


The NHC has been adjusted in that
direction, and this has required the issuance of a Hurricane Warning
for the northeastern portion of the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.
After 72 hours, a mid- to upper-level trough is forecast to develop
over Texas which should cause Delta to turn northward and then
north-northeastward toward the northern Gulf Coast. Although the
track forecast has not changed much during the latter portion of the
period, there is more cross-track spread in the model guidance than
before, which has increased the uncertainty regarding potential
landfall and the timing of Delta's approach to the northern Gulf
Coast.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT1+shtml/052055.shtml?

Hurricane season, like many other aspects of life, has reached peak 2020.

Put another way, this marks just the second time in history that forecasters have had to resort to the Greek alphabet because available storm names have been exhausted.

There's only been one other year — 2005 — that Greek names have been needed, where officials had to use a total of six Greek letters.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/9144...s-named-alpha-because-weve-run-out-of-letters

 

[jaF0]

Updated at 8:35 p.m. ET

The storm called Delta, which formed in the Caribbean Sea on Monday morning, has strengthened into a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm will likely reach the northern Gulf Coast early Friday.

Delta continues 2020's record Atlantic storm season, which exhausted the traditional list of alphabetized names last month. It's the earliest arrival of a 25th named storm. And like several other recent storms, its forecast path includes Louisiana.

"All of Louisiana needs to prepare for Tropical Storm #Delta," Gov. John Bel Edwards said via Twitter on Monday morning. He urged residents to keep an eye on the news and listen for advisories from local officials.


https://www.npr.org/2020/10/05/9203...-to-hit-gulf-coast-as-hurricane-late-this-wee

 

[butters]

Louisiana gets hit so hard, so often

 

[jaF0]

Cat 4.

May make landfall as a Major.

 

[jaF0]

Delta might make it as far as PA as a Depression.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/151609.shtml?cone#contents

 

[LLCox]

Here in WNC we were told to expect 3 to 4 inches... that was yesterday today it's 2" over a day and a half. No wind much. Same-o same-o. At least all the leaves will not get blown off the trees.