Tropical Storm Nate, expected later today, to hit Gulf Coast as a hurricane

[Zorro]

Source: Miami Herald

A tropical depression churning across the southern Caribbean could become Tropical Storm Nate on track to hit the Gulf Coast, and possibly Florida, as a hurricane over the weekend.

In their 8 p.m. Wednesday advisory, National Hurricane Center forecasters said the storm is moving over warm waters and encountering light wind shear that could allow quick intensification. Its possible sustained winds could reach 85 mph in three days, making it a Category 1 storm as it approaches the Gulf Coast on Saturday. Wednesday evening forecasters upped their intensity forecast from earlier in the day, but said there’s still a chance the storm could weaken as it crosses Central America and the Yucatan.

At 8 p.m., the depression was located 60 miles west of San Andres Island off the coast of Nicaragua, where it could dump up to 20 inches of rain and trigger dangerous mudslides and flash flooding, National Hurricane Center forecasters said. Sustained winds reached 35 mph.

The storm is expected to move across northeastern Nicaragua early Thursday and eastern Honduras late Thursday, bringing heavy rain along much of the Central American coast.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article176926726.html

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Sure will be glad when hurricane season is over this year.

[AKing]

1. Oval Office Tantrum Man better re-up his supply of paper towels

[madaboutharry]

2. Trump will tell the people on the gulf coast

that it was only a Cat 1 - "Not a real hurricane."

[IronLionZion]

3. Are they out of thoughts and prayers by now?

It's certainly not the time to talk about climate change, or gun control, or anything else.

[briv1016]

4. On the bright side, the atermath may be a good time to talk about gun control

because it will be an "inappropriate" time to talk about climate change.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Yes! Bring on the climate change hurricanes!

I don't wish ill of anyone in the path of any hurricane, but jeez, wouldn't you think the deniers would finally get a clue?

[treestar]

7. Is there an argument supporting client change here though?

I can hear them already saying there have always been hurricanes. Any evidence they are worse due to man made activities?

Not arguing here, just anticipating right wing denial. Seems easy here.

[B2G]

11. Hurricane activity this year is actually close to normal.

We've been in a 'drought' for over a decade.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. It may be in terms of numbers this is a close to normal year,

but the intensity of some of the storms is clearly a function of a warmer planet.

[nitpicker]

6. Link to NHC

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Let's see what it is after it goes over Nicaragua and Honduras.

[Cold War Spook]

8. If it hits a state

that is mostly white, Puerto Rico is screwed. Trump will take the military and FEMA out to help those White people.

[Achilleaze]

9. republicans expected to lie about climate change later today

as always.

[Zorro]

10. The predicted path this morning has shifted to the west

[B2G]

12. *If* it gets to hurricane status,

It will likely be a cat 1, especially with the recent shift west by the NHC.

[Baclava]

13. Looks like it's headed straight for New Orleans

[dhill926]

14. Oy...not good.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. It feels as if, given the recent cat 4 and cat 5 hurricanes,

a cat 1, which is what this seems to be predicted to be, almost feels like no big deal.

I know that even a cat 1 hurricane is a big deal.

[Baclava]

17. Nobody wants to lose power, the rain and wind are just causes - hope it dont blow up

They are notoriously iffy on predicting intensity in the GOM

[fleur-de-lisa]

18. Great.

The City of NO still hasn't fixed all of the pumps from the last storm we had 5 or 6 weeks ago. Portions of the city that don't normally flood did so during that storm and it wasn't even a hurricane or a TS.

[roamer65]

19. It's going to pick up more steam than expected over the GoM.

The water is too damn warm.

[Hieronymus]

20. Trump will help out like he did ..

in Puerto Rico .. "Have a good time".