Hurricane Nate Threatens New Orleans

The image below, a forecast for October 8, 2017, run on October 7, shows Hurricane Nate near New Orleans, with winds as fast as 83 mph or 134 km/h (at 850 mb) and up to 5.33 in or 135.4 mm of rain (at the green circle).

The NOAA image below also shows the track over North America as forecast over the next few days.

One of the biggest dangers is storm surge, as illustrated by the tweet below.

7-11 ft storm surge on the MS Gulf Coast and open water coast in SE LA from #Nate. I’m 6ft 6 in. This pole is 11 ft. Some perspective. http://pic.twitter.com/kisGyATz13
— Ken Graham (@wx4keg) October 7, 2017

As the world keeps warming, hurricanes are increasingly causing damage, as also discussed in a recent post.

The situation is dire a calls for comprehensive and effective action, as described at the http://ift.tt/2hoyCKz.

Links

• Climate Plan
http://ift.tt/2hoyCKz

• NOAA National Hurricane Center
http://ift.tt/2y7Xosa

• The Arctic is Changing the Jet Stream - Why This Is Important
http://ift.tt/2y7NczL