2024 Beryl now projected to gain category 4 status July 1st, and category 3 status midday on June 30th, 2024. This is a 22% increase of the forecasted maximum sustained winds on July 2nd, the date Beryl is forecast to reach her maximum intensity. Winds Forecast Advisory #3, put the maximum sustained winds on July… Read more: June 30, 2024: Beryl Projected to be a Cat 4
Lots of tropical weather to be aware of. Going from west to east, the concerns are as follows: Caribbean storms’ paths are foretelling of a US landfall. The paths’ recurves once in the Gulf can wreak havoc among the Gulf’s states. I’ll continue to watch and wait. I don’t see anything immediately threatening, so I… Read more: June 28, 2024: 3 Invests
And a third <see graphic below> is developing off the coast of Africa. The Saharan dust cloud is still in play. However, the cloud is slightly to the north of the concerned areas. Invest #2, the one currently in red, concerns me. There is a High above the Gulf and the Continental US that will… Read more: June 27, 2024: Two Invests
Two areas of interest. The first, traveling over the Yucatan Peninsula, doesn’t seem to be on a path for the US mainland. The second, currently off the coast of Africa, could be one to take a modicum of concern in. It will all depend on a few variables. 1) How close it passes to Cuba… Read more: June 26, 2024
Three hotspots to watch. As Alberto makes landfall, killing at least three, two more areas with the potential for development appear on the scene. Watching the Gulf of Mexico should become a normal exercise for the time being.
Based on NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, by NOAA and How can Louisiana evacuate as hurricanes intensify rapidly? Don’t wait for contraflow, by the Times-Picayune, personal hurricane awareness and preparedness should be high this year. NOAA is forecasting a busy season with rapid intensification of storms. The Times is suggesting that contraflow will… Read more: 2024 H’Cane Season Information
Living on the Gulf coast, a tropical storm is nearly an everyday event. However, as recently witnessed in Southern California, if your coastal geology is not used to the onslaught of numerous storms, considerable damage and loss of life is entirely in the realm of possibility. I pray with the pseudo-recent Sandy, the North-Eastern coast… Read more: The Panic Before the Storm
The weather systems still give me pause for concern. NOAA is not expecting any real development for another 7 days. The areas of concern in the atmosphere are not in the gulf at this time. This gives us a bit of space to prepare for what may be a blast. Please work on your plans… Read more: At least 7 days out
Western Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of low pressure could form in the central or western Gulf of Mexico by the beginning of next week. Some slow development of this system is possible thereafter as it moves westward and approaches the western Gulf of Mexico coastline by the middle of next week. * Formation… Read more: Aug. 17, 2023, in the beginning
So, I’m back at it. I know it is August and the Atlantic Hurricane Season is well underway…well there were a few problems. Not the least of which were that there hasn’t been anything interesting happening in the Gulf, or for that matter, the Atlantic since January. However, those issues seem to have abated a… Read more: Season Opener – What 2023 version Weather.JayCTheriot.Com is Partially About
