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Hurricane Ida came off Cuba looking hardly effected by it. Oil interests are taking action in the Gulf of Mexico cutting 1.6million barrels of oil, evacuating 90 offshore facilities, as refiners cut production. The Gulf currently supplies 17% of the nations oil production. Ida is expected to have a greater impact on oil production than Hurricane Katrina did. Surge forecast has high water for pretty much all of the Gulf of Mexico . Waveland, MS is forecast for over 5ft of surge and Grand Isle, LA for over 6 ft. The highest surge is expected to be near twice that.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said that New Orleans did not have enough time to evacuate completely so it was deemed voluntary and encouraged residence to ride out the storm. More on evacuations here. and here Refresh page to update these model graphics from Emanuel at MIT Surface Map NORA in the Eastern Pacific is expected to move north along the western coast of Mexico. Ida Photo Gallery
Live from the Cats Meow Balcony in New Orleans.
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Fred has had his final advisory issued after 11 days. Just over half of the life of this storm was over sea. Fred was a real land lover. Affected some islands in the Lesser Antilles and then Puerto Rico. He started wrecking homes in Hispaniola. From there it was Cuba and then a turn to the north for the Florida Panhandle where the rain and effects were felt all the way to Maine, with Western North Carolina getting wrecked with floods and tornadoes hitting Upstate, South Carolina. Fred's highest winds were 65mph, lowest pressure was 993mb. At least 3 people died and 20 people are still missing. Grace is headed for Mexico. See NHC Key Messages below. According to ADT she hit the Yucatan with a pressure of 976.4mb and a wind speed of 79.6kt and was knocked down to 49kts after crossing it. The flags are now off as Grace begins to intensify again. Henri ~ Everyone is watching this one to begin it's turn to the north. Recon gathered upper air data this evening so models should agree better on this storm by morning. See Key Messages from NHC below. Reed Timmer in Balsam Grove, NC This is an area I know well. In the opening scene he is at Living Waters on 215. I've posted pictures of this place over the years, a house over looking the waterfalls where North Fork French Broad meets Shoal Creek. In the scene from left to right is a car pinned against the side of the river, waterfall on North Fork French Broad, waterfall from Shoal Creek dropping in and the barn structure attached to the back/bottom of the house.
Tropics are starting to come back to life. In the Eastern Pacific there is a line of three storms. From left to right is 09E, Hilda & the most recently declared 10E. Atlantic has some areas to watch. There is a tiny swirl east of Florida, shear has whisked away it's convection. Might see a Central American Gyre get going. Most the models have that causing another storm in the EPAC, with it traveling along various parts of the coast. Slim chance that happens in the Western Caribbean. Also there is a big blob off Africa that wants to develop into a low but is so large it will be difficult to organize. MJO is coming for this basin. Watching Greenland Melt This Little Whirlwind is Spinning Backwards Lookout for the extreme heat.
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