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  • Ida update

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    Erik Proseus

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    The latest projection from the National Hurricane Center (valid 9pm CST Sunday) is above. (Click the map for more detail.) The storm is forecast to make landfall near Pensacola, FL around dawn Tuesday morning as a minimal hurricane, though according to Dr. Jeff Master’s blog, the intensity forecast remains problematic due in large part to…

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  • Ida’s effect on Memphis metro weather

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    Hurricane Ida has become a strong category 2 storm as it enters the southern Gulf of Mexico this afternoon, packing 100 mph wind as it passes east of Cancun. Forecast tracks and strength are complicated by several factors including upper-level low pressure over the northwestern Gulf, an approaching trough that will move into the southeastern…

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  • Hurricane Ida Advisory – 3pm Sunday

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    HURRICANE IDA ADVISORY NUMBER 20NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL300 PM CST SUN NOV 08 2009 …CENTER OF IDA MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO… A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO MEXICO BEACH FLORIDA. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.…

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  • Tropical Storm Ida forms in the southwest Caribbean Sea

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    After a relatively quiet period in the tropics for several weeks (the last tropical system to threaten any land areas was Erika two months ago, which passed over the Leeward Islands), a newly-formed depression has quickly become Tropical Storm Ida over the southwestern Caribbean. At 3pm CST, the center of Ida is about 75 miles…

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  • Fall weather on the way

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    The rainy pattern of the past 2 weeks has finally shifted east today. Weak high pressure takes over this weekend before another cold front moves through Monday. However, this front will be dry. Thus, the MWN forecast reflects dry and warm weather this weekend, followed by cooler and much less humid weather behind the front…

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  • T.S. Danny and a bit of “green” irony

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    Tropical Storm Danny was named yesterday morning and is now a storm with 60 mph wind moving northwest across the western Atlantic, northeast of the Bahamas. The storm is not well-organized with the strongest wind well removed northeast of the center of the storm. Current projections indicate that interests from the Outer Banks of N.C.…

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  • Possible new tropical development

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    The National Hurricane Center is keeping a close eye on “Invest 92,” an area of development northeast of Puerto Rico that could become Tropical Storm Danny in the next couple of days. The NHC places a “high probability” of formation on this storm system: “THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION… AND UPPER-LEVEL…

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  • Is it still August?

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    What a fabulous weather weekend across the Mid-South! Canadian high pressure dominated just as predicted and brought the region a re-lapse of our near-record cool July! Highs topped in the lower 80s at best over the weekend while many places outside the city proper dropped into the 50s in the early morning hours. Can’t ask…

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  • Tropical alphabet soup

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    Erik Proseus

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    In just a matter of a couple of days, the very late-starting Atlantic tropical season (one of the slowest in 20 years) has taken off and there are now three named storms swirling in tropical waters – Ana (pronounced Ah-na) and Bill in the Atlantic and newly-formed Claudette in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Starting…

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  • Various topics for May 29, 2009

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    Tropical Depression OneT.D. 1 is headed out to sea after exiting the Gulf Stream overnight with no further intensification. It poses no threat to land and should become extratropical by Saturday. An early arrival of the first depression of the year means nothing as far as what the hurricane season will bring; however, new evidence…

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  • T.D. One forms in the Atlantic – no threat to land

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    According to the National Hurricane Center, the 2009 Hurricane Season has begun (4 days early) with the formation of Tropical Depression 1 about 225 miles offshore from the NC/VA coastline. Wind has reached 35 mph and the storm is moving over the warm Gulf Stream waters under little wind shear, so a minor increase in…

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  • Tropical low spins over Mid-South

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    Erik Proseus

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    It’s not all that often that the Mid-South gets to see a remnant low from a former “almost tropical” system over the area, but that’s exactly what is happening today. The low that everyone was watching over the Gulf this past week didn’t quite make it to a tropical depression (although another day over water…

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  • Tornado hunting and early tropical weather

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    Since there is no weather of particular interest here in the Mid-South (how much can you say about beautiful conditions under broad high pressure?), I decided to devote some ink (or pixels) to a couple of other interesting topics in the weather world: VORTEX2 and the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane…

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  • New poll posted on the MWN Blog

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    A new poll has been posted on the MemphisWeather.net blog asking about your opinion of severe weather coverage by Memphis-area TV stations.  So what do you think?  Too much hype, not enough, or just right?  Cast your vote, then check out my opinion from a previous blog post by clicking here.  You comments are welcome there.…

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  • Hurricane Kyle to affect Maine

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    While the Atlantic tropical season has quieted down considerably since Ike, we now have another system churning through the western Atlantic. Kyle is moving due north between the east coast of the U.S. and Bermuda. With wind of 75 mph as of 4pm CDT, Kyle has just reached hurricane status. The current track takes the…

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  • Ike moves over Houston metro

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    Hurricane Ike makes landfall at Galveston at 2:10am CDT 9/13/08. Hurricane Ike made landfall at about 2am CDT Saturday morning at Galveston, TX with the eye moving right up Galveston Bay as a high-end Category 2 storm. Daylight is just starting to shed some light on the damage that Ike has left in his wake,…

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  • Radar and satellite of Ike prior to landfall

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    Radar image from Houston as Hurricane Ike moves ashore. Eye wall moving into Galveston. Taken at 9:08pm CDT 9/12/08. Infrared (color) satellite shot of Ike prior to landfall – 7:45pm CDT 9/12/08.

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  • Ike poised to wreak havoc on TX coast

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    Ike is lumbering towards the Texas coast with some very interesting features. While surface wind is holding tough at 100 mph, upper level wind, central pressure, and storm structure indicate a stronger storm than surface wind indicates. The Hurricane Center is still expecting surface wind to come around with the rest of the storm and…

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  • Ike headed for TX

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    I haven’t blogged in several days, so it’s probably time to update. My family spent the weekend at Chickasaw State Park in Henderson, TN (rural TN south of Jackson) and I haven’t experienced better early September weather in a long time! Temps were absolutely perfect following a couple of cool, wet days. Clouds hung in…

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  • September… or November??

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    It’s after 10am with cloudy skies, patchy drizzle, and temps still in the upper 60s! Not sure if it is really early September or early November! Thanks to Hanna, a cold front has stalled just to our east, so cooler air is filtering in behind the front and with plenty of moisture around, the clouds…

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