2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

Yikes. Where are you, generally, if you don't mind posting it?

 

You guys mind if the Pacific crashes this Atlantic thread?

https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/rains-southern-california-tropical-flood

https://x.com/weather_west/status/1691589247596421546?s=61&t=Syx1mOuPZP1JermwZjojAg

 

We're right at a month since the last measurable rainfall, and today was only the second day this month below 99 degrees. Burn bans are starting to pop up across the southern half of the state. I don't want a destructive hurricane, obviously, but a nice, slow-moving tropical storm that dumps five or six inches of rain over a couple of days would not be the worst thing right now.

 

Storms that form directly in the Gulf and affect the U.S. significantly are extremely rare. Most of the big ones are of Caribbean or Western Atlantic origin. A select few such as Gustav or Ike are quickly identified as a ton of trouble by their tracks.

The classic Cape Verde monsters seem to be going the way of the Studebaker as the climate warms.

 

East Tennessee when I'm not in eastern North Carolina.

 

The scare this year is ocean surface temperature to feed a storm very quickly. El Nino is supposed to provide wind shear to bat them down this year, but the surface temps are so high, nobody is sure what to predict.

 

Right. A storm could form and grow incredibly quickly much closer to the U.S. mainland under these conditions, giving residents even less time to react and evacuate. Wind shear might lessen its life, but it could do a lot of damage before then.

 

If you have a vested interest in keeping tabs on hurricanes, I love the Hurricane Tracker app.
When it gives me notifications, it's accompanied by the sound of blowing/howling wind. Pretty cool.

 

Here she comes!
https://x.com/weather_west/status/1692004754157621689?s=61&t=Syx1mOuPZP1JermwZjojAg

 

Fundamentalist preachers and Fox News anchors about to pee their pants with delight.

 

And she’s gone.