Attention DUers - Delta is going to be a major hurricane

[malaise]

It is almost a hurricane as I type and has veered slightly West. Eastern Mexico and Western Cuba will get the worst of this and then Coastal USA - Looks like Louisiana again. This has strengthened really fast.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Sigh...

Looks like another one trying to form behind her...

I'll pop over to NOAA....thanks for the heads up.

[Lochloosa]

2. Party till Thursday

[Lucinda]

3. KNR

[Marius25]

4. God really really hates Louisiana.

[maryellen99]

9. the way 2020 has been I wouldn't be surprised if it hits NOLA directly

I hope to god it doesn’t.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Mis read...I see now it is Delta at the bottom and the one above is not in play.

And once again maybe over our area,

The temps here are cool now, nights below 70. Wasn't thinking of hurricanes at all by now.

We lost power for 24 hours in the last blow a couple weeks ago. NO internet!!!!! Aaaaiiiee!!

[malaise]

7. I think the one above may be remnants from Gamma

This is one hell of a season

[Solly Mack]

6. People are still trying to rebuild from the last one here.

In some cases, a long line to get builders and contractors out to your house in this area and we were not the hardest hit.

Cameron, Louisiana is only at 75% power restored this many weeks out from Laura.

Lake Charles has full power now. Starting - only starting - to rebuild.

[malaise]

8. This is bad

very bad - the only good news is that it is not expected to be major by the time it reaches the US coast.

[Solly Mack]

11. I hope for the best for everyone. This has been an awful year for so many reasons.

[malaise]

14. We have been so damned lucky

It became a TD and then a TS south of us and it has been raining for over 12 hours and I'm already hearing about damaged bridges and roads.
No lightning and thunder and no wind here. This is the closest one this season but there are two months to go.

[Solly Mack]

18. Rain can suck big time. There is a thing as too much. We get that here, too.

Ground becomes swampy and you can sink while out walking.

Stinks, too.

Take care!

Damaged roads and bridges mean hard to get to stores, home, work, hospital. Not good at all.

[csziggy]

21. This year reminds me of the 2004 seasonwhen Florida was hit over and over

And we only got to Otto for named storms!

Tropical cyclogenesis began at the end of July, with the development of Hurricane Alex on July 31.[12] However, it did not become a named storm until the following day, which was the fifth-latest start since the 1952 season.[17] August was an unusually active month, with eight named storms, including Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Danielle, Earl, Frances, Gaston, and Hermine.[12] This broke the record for the most named storms in the month of August set in 1933 and 1995.[18] This new record was tied in 2012. On average, there are only three tropical storms and one to two hurricanes in August.[19] Of the eight systems that month, five became hurricanes and three strengthened further into major hurricanes. A total of five tropical cyclones developed in September, including the most intense system of the season, Hurricane Ivan. Activity decreased further in October, with the formation of only two systems, Tropical Storm Matthew and Subtropical Storm Nicole. The season then went dormant for over a month and a half, until Tropical Storm Otto developed on November 29. Otto was the final tropical cyclone of the season and degenerated into a remnant low pressure on December 3.[12]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Seasonal_summary

The eyes from Charley, Frances, and Jeanne all passed over my sisters' and parents' houses in Central Florida, while we got effects from Bonnie, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne here in North Florida.

[Solly Mack]

23. Yikes! I'm ready for winter. Means a lot of rain but no hurricanes.

I've got boots and a walking stick for rain - to keep from getting stuck in the swampy mud.

Those don't help in a hurricane. After, yes.

[csziggy]

27. Well, in 2004 Otto did not finish until December 3!

I remember 1985 and Hurricane Kate which hit us the week before Thanksgiving. Because Tallahassee had not been hit by even a tropical storm for decades, there were lots of trees down, taking lots of power lines down. We didn't have power for a week and were not prepared to handle it.

Too much of Tallahassee looked like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Kate_(1985)

[Solly Mack]

32. Damn. We get them through the fall but usually not after November.

Which isn't to say it's never happened. Going back about 15 years or so would be Ida, I think, in November for Louisiana.

[AngryOldDem]

10. No such thing as climate change. Nope. Not at all.

Every storm seems to be worse than the last.

Good vibes to Louisianans.

[roamer65]

12. WeatherNation channel said the straits between Cuba and MX are abnormally warm.

That’s high octane fuel for a hurricane.

, malaise.

[malaise]

15. And they will get the worst of it

What a mess my friend

[malaise]

40. Word is Cat 4 for Cancun, Mexico and then into the GOM

Should weaken before US landfall. Get the hell out of the way people

[roamer65]

41. Ugh.

Not good.

[Binkie The Clown]

13. Hard to trust a map that doesn't have presidential Sharpie corrections on it.

[malaise]

17. HE may fix it overnight

[spanone]

16. Yikes

[steve2470]

19. thanks for the hurricane info, as always ! nt

[Blue_true]

20. I wonder what Category it goes to once it hits the warm surface water

of the Gulf.

[csziggy]

24. Forecast is for over 110 mph by 2 AM Wednesday

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT26/refresh/AL262020_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/205518_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/205518.shtml?cone#contents

Sorry map won't display, but you can go to the link.

[Blue_true]

26. So, it will enter the Gulf Proper as a Cat 1, still hundreds of miles to US landfall. nt

[csziggy]

28. No, it will be a major storm with winds over 110 mph before it passes the Yucatan

But they show it dropping to 74-110 mph before it reaches to US Gulf Coast. We've been getting cooler weather and if there is a cool front interacting that should weaken Delta.

[Blue_true]

31. Good. You guys caught a break for once. Stay safe. nt

[csziggy]

35. Problem is, most of the Gulf Coast has gotten way more rain than we need

So even if it is "just" a rain event, that will add to flooding, add more damage to houses that lost their roofs in the earlier storms, and just increase the misery. Right now, even though the area here around Tallahassee has gotten no direct hits, every front or impulse that brings us rain also bring flood warnings. We did an addition this year and with all the storms and rain, it took months longer than planned and other projects have also been slowed down. I'm ready for a somewhat dry fall and winter!

[Blue_true]

38. I am lucky to be in the very calm storm region between Ocala and Gainesville.

We are about 60 miles to water on either side. The only hurricane that I am told laid a licking on the area was Dora .

[csziggy]

39. Well, they used to say that about Tallahassee, too!

There had not been a hurricane hit near here for something like fifty years, though we'd get bands from hurricanes to the west. Kate happened but she hit Mexico Beach then recurved back to the east. Hermine has been the worst in the nearly fifty years I have lived in Tallahassee. Of course the first year I was here Agnes hit but Panama City there was no serious damage in Tallahassee.

It used to be that storms didn't hit between St. Marks and a Crystal River. Now, all bets are off.

[malaise]

34. That's the good news - the Gulf may actually be cooler than the

Caribbean sea

[csziggy]

37. Yes, or at least the air is drier and cooler!

Stay safe where you are!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

22. Can someone get a leash on 2020?

Enough is enough!

[csziggy]

25. We haven't even gotten to the giant meteor yet!

2020 is not finished with us.

[localroger]

29. Oh, that thing fell last Friday

Turns out it was made out of irony and schadenfreude.

[csziggy]

30. LOL! I guess I missed it. nt

[Blue_true]

33. My friend, 2020 has more to say yet. All we can do is hang on.

And dream of turning southward on New Years Eve Night and giving 2020 a gigantic middle finger to help it along, as we welcome 2021.

[malaise]

36. After this year, hindsight will forever be more than

2020