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10/09/2024, 5:51 am EDT
At 5AM EDT, Category-5 Major Hurricane Milton was located at 24.5N/85.4W or about 300 miles southwest of Tampa, FL. Milton is moving northeast at 14 mph with top wind near 160 mph. Central pressure is 907 MB. Milton has maintained category-5 intensity longer than expected. The southwest flow aloft is moving Milton northeastward. However, the hurricane is concentric so weakening effects of shear on the hurricane have not started.
10/08/2024, 5:57 am EDT
The NOAA/NHC 5-day forecast remains consistent, turning Milton northeastward tonight, and then into the Tampa Area as a strong category-3 major hurricane around 1AM Thursday. The forecast track is a little slower than yesterday’s forecast.
10/08/2024, 4:42 am EDT
Upper ridge patterns are well-amplified and centered on Northern Italy and West-central Russia. In-between is an upper trough brining wet weather to the drought region across Southwest Russia and much of the Black Sea region. The upper trough lingers into early November. Also, a look at optimum climate normal for Europe winter.
10/07/2024, 12:17 pm EDT
At 11AM EDT, Category-4 Major Hurricane Milton is located at 21.7N/91.7W or about 720 miles southwest of Tampa, FL. Top wind is 155 mph. The threshold of a category-5 major hurricane is 156 mph. Milton is moving east-southeast at 9 mph. Surface pressure has plummeted to 933 MB. NOAA/NHC states that the 85 knot increase in wind speed during the past 24 hours is 3rd fastest behind Wilma (2005) and Felix (2007). Shortly after this (NOAA) message, the storm was upgraded to a category-5 major hurricane.
10/06/2024, 8:47 am EDT
The NOAA/NHC 5-day outlook strengthens Milton to a hurricane tonight with due east movement continuing to early Tuesday followed by intensification to a category-3 major hurricane while turning east-northeast Tuesday afternoon. Milton maintains that track and makes landfall as a category-3 major hurricane in the Tampa, FL area late Wednesday afternoon.
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Much Needed Rainfall in Argentina and Brazil Ahead
A wet pattern is ahead in South America. The ECM week-2 outlook valid for next week indicates two areas of heavy rain. One area is in Argentina and the second across central/northeast Brazil. Both zones are encountering drought and need rainfall. ECM indicates gradual regeneration of a drier pattern holding off until November.
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NAWH Pattern Dominates Europe Summer Climate
Since June 1, 2024, much of Europe has observed above too much above normal rainfall most anomalous (according to NCDC/PSD) over Spain, Northern Italy, and Austria/Hungary. Meanwhile, farther downstream, an exceptionally dry 4 months was observed across Ukraine, Southwest Russia, and Northwest Russia.