Good Morning DUers - the good news - update and the bad

[malaise]

Last edited Mon Sep 14, 2020, 09:38 AM - Edit history (3)

Sally is still a TS so should be at most a Cat1 at landfall.
Update: slowly moving Sally will be bringing torrential rain and NOLA is already closing the floodgates.
Most of these are fish storms.
Vicky is one to watch

The bad news - they're still rolling off the big Continent
There are four named storms and a TD


Paulette -Bermuda


Sally - Pensacola, Mobil Alabama, NOLA


Teddy looks like a fish storm but will be a major hurricane and could possible affect Bermuda


Rene - soon goes to the archives
Vicky could be trouble

[Takket]

1. 5 named storms and two other possible systems

What a mess!

I’m worried about Teddy. That wasn’t even named yesterday and is expected to blow up into a major hurricane later this week. Too early to tell if it will make a run at land.

[malaise]

2. Teddy is also my worry

If it enters the Caribbean that is trouble. Projections suggested otherwise
I left off Rene because it has been downgraded to TD so it will disappear later today

I just heard that Sally is moving very slowly and will be a serious rain disaster a la Harvey which is really bad news

I worry about the one below Teddy

[Sherman A1]

3. Talked with family in the NOLA area last night

They are expecting 15-20 inches of rain from Sally.

[malaise]

4. That is some serious rain with worries for the levies

[tavernier]

5. Sally turned our backyard into a swimming pool

and removed half of a tree. She was a sloppy drunk. Wonder what the others will bring.

[imblue]

6. And don't forget the devastating storm perpetually brewing in the white house.

[malaise]

16. that's all hot air, lies, ignorance and BS

soon to be in the history books

[3Hotdogs]

7. I'm worried about Paulette.... heading straight to the Carolinas.

The only thing that saved us last time a 'cane was headed there, was Pat Robertson who prayed that God would defeat the Devil and chase it away from Pat's church.... and God listened.

But Pat is getting old. How much more can we expect from him?

[Klaralven]

10. Paulette is moving North and then Northeast. It's a problem for Bermuda.

[2naSalit]

8. Busy place!

I guess it's probably a good thing there aren't a lot of cruise ships out there.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. Yeah, today/tomorrow is gonna be wet and windy for us. I hope that's all it is

[Klaralven]

11. Sally expected to bring storm surge and dangerous heavy rains to Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Sally is intensifying as it heads for landfall in Louisiana, with landfall as a hurricane expected Monday night or Tuesday morning. Sally is predicted to bring a storm surge as high as 11 feet along the east side of New Orleans, but fortunately, the city’s rebuilt levee system has shown it can withstand a storm surge of at least 17 feet. Sally will be moving very slowly for multiple days around the time of landfall, which will contribute to a high storm surge and cause dangerous heavy rains of more than 10 inches along the coast.

Heavy rain observed in the Florida Keys
On Saturday, Sally deluged the Florida Keys with exceptionally heavy rains. Key West, Florida, picked up 9.37 inches of rainfall from Sally on Saturday – its heaviest one-day September rainfall event ever recorded. A remarkable 3.95 inches fell in just one hour, ending at 9:53 p.m. EDT. This is a very extreme rainfall rate, one rarely seen outside of the eyewall of a mature hurricane.

According to the Southeast Regional Climate Center, only once since 1947 has Key West measured more rain in an one-hour period: 4.50 inches on November 11, 1980. The flooding rains from Sally resulted in numerous street closures and several stalled cars.

Marathon, Florida, recorded 8.13 inches of rainfall from Sally on Saturday, also setting a new September daily rainfall record.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/09/sally-expected-to-bring-storm-surge-and-dangerous-heavy-rains-to-gulf-coast/

Almost 4" per hour in Key West!

[niyad]

12. Prayers for all in the paths of these storms.

[Marcuse]

13. Just what the Pacific coast could use. At least it would pass over in a day or two.

[malaise]

14. Indeed

I did hear that some rain is heading that way tomorrow