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3 AM UPS starburst departures Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.
>3 AM UPS starburst departures Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.
One straggler, UPS780, now airborne.
All NOAA Hurricane Hunters are on the ground at NOAA Air Operations Center Lakeland, Florida. One of their P-3s landed about two hours ago. However USAFR Hurricane Hunter C-130J tail 97-5303 is out there right now! Call sign TEAL72. All the USAFR HH missions seem to be using TEAL in their call signs.
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-83.45,24.07,3000
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WTNT31 KNHC 090843
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Hurricane Delta Advisory Number 19
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL262020
400 AM CDT Fri Oct 09 2020
…MAJOR HURRICANE DELTA HEADED TOWARD SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA…
…EXPECTED TO BRING HURRICANE CONDITIONS AND A LIFE-THREATENING
STORM SURGE TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TODAY…
SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT…0900 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…26.9N 93.7W
ABOUT 200 MI…325 KM S OF CAMERON LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…120 MPH…195 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…N OR 350 DEGREES AT 12 MPH…19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…953 MB…28.15 INCHES
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 400 AM CDT (0900 UTC), the center of Hurricane Delta was located
near latitude 26.9 North, longitude 93.7 West. Delta is moving
toward the north near 12 mph (19 km/h), and this motion is
expected to continue today followed by a north-northeastward motion
by tonight. On the forecast track, the center of Delta will move
inland within the hurricane warning area this evening.
Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph (195 km/h) with higher
gusts. Delta is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale. Slow weakening is expected to begin as Delta
approaches the northern Gulf coast later today, with rapid
weakening expected after the center moves inland.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles (65 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160 miles
(260 km).
The estimated minimum central pressure based on data from the Air
Force Hurricane Hunters and NOAA buoy 42002 is 953 mb (28.15
inches).
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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Key messages for Delta can be found in the Tropical Cyclone
Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT1, WMO header WTNT41
KNHC, and on the web at www.hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT1.shtml.
STORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the
tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by
rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could
reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated
areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide…
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA to Morgan City, LA including
Vermilion Bay…7-11 ft
Holly Beach, LA to Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA…5-8 ft
Sabine Pass to Holly Beach, LA…4-7 ft
Morgan City, LA to Port Fourchon, LA…4-7 ft
Port Fourchon, LA to the Mouth of the Mississippi River…3-5 ft
Calcasieu Lake…3-5 ft
High Island, TX to Sabine Pass…2-4 ft
Mouth of the Mississippi River to Mouth of the Pearl River…2-4 ft
Lake Borgne…2-4 ft
Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas…1-3 ft
Mouth of the Pearl River, LA to the AL/FL border including Mobile
Bay…1-3 ft
Sabine Lake…1-3 ft
Port O'Connor, TX to High Island, TX including Galveston Bay…1-3
ft
moar at:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/090843.shtml