2pm CDT Wednesday on Zeta: 105mph; 973mb; NNE at 21mph
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/28/2020, 3:14 pm
NHC:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/




Hurricane Zeta Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL282020
200 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020

...ZETA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...
...EYEWALL EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST IN AN HOUR OR TWO...

Recent data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft
indicate that Zeta's maximum winds have increased to 105 mph (165
km), with higher gusts, and the central pressure has fallen to 973
mb. It now appears likely that Zeta will maintain category 2
intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale until its
initial landfall in southeast Louisiana later this afternoon.

Sustained tropical storm force winds are now spreading onshore the
southeastern coast of Louisiana. A sustained wind of 45 mph (72
km/h) was recently reported at Caillou Bay, Louisiana.


SUMMARY OF 200 PM CDT...1900 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...28.3N 90.9W
ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM SW OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 125 MI...205 KM SSW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB...28.73 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Berg












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NHC track:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/?cone#contents


Satellite:

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/floater.php?stormid=AL282020
(mesoscale loop on that page too)

https://rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/storm.asp?storm_identifier=al282020

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-W_Gulf_Coast-02-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined
(mesoscale options on that page too)



Radar:

Brian McNoldy has long loops:
http://bmcnoldy.rsmas.miami.edu/tropics/radar/

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=lix&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no
We have when the NOAA site will change from the old Flash loops to new site:
"On or about December 8, 2020, the web pages here at radar.weather.gov will be replaced. Click here to preview the new site now."
I still hate that I can't change the options in the link, among some other things.

https://www.wunderground.com/radar/us/la/new-orleans/lix
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