![]() ![]() Click here for additional track data of Hurricane Laura. Laura finally weakened below hurricane strength by Noon as it was crossing I-20 in North Louisiana. Laura maintained major hurricane status throughout its passage across Cameron, Calcasieu and southern Beauregard Parishes, and category 2 status across northern Beauregard and Vernon parishes. The eye and eyewall of Laura passed over the entire Lake Charles metropolitan area including Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, Moss Bluff and De Quincy while Laura was still a very powerful category 4 hurricane. Laura was the strongest hurricane to strike Southwest Louisiana since records began in 1851. With little change in strength, Laura made landfall at Cameron, Louisiana around 1 AM CDT August 27 th, with sustained winds of 150 mph (130 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 939 millibars (27.73 inches). Laura reached a peak intensity of 150 mph (130 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 937 millibars (27.67 inches) by 7 PM CDT. Laura began to explosively intensify on August 26 th, reaching category 2 by 1 AM CDT, category 3 by 7 AM CDT, and category 4 by 1 PM CDT. On August 25 th, Laura entered the Gulf of Mexico and became a Category 1 hurricane at 10 AM CDT. Tropical Storm Laura continued west northwestward, traveling just south of the island with a second landfall across Western Cuba late on August 24 th. Early on August 23rd, Tropical Storm Laura made landfall across Hispaniola, traversed the entire island, and made landfall across Eastern Cuba later that evening. As Laura moved westward, little additional strengthening took place as the center moved over the northern Lesser Antilles later that evening, and south of Puerto Rico on August 22 nd. On the morning of August 21 st, Tropical Depression Thirteen strengthened into Tropical Storm Laura, which was the earliest twelfth named Atlantic storm, beating the previous record of Hurricane Luis of 1995 by eight days. ![]() On August 19 th, the system became better organized, closed off a low-level circulation, and subsequently the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Thirteen late that evening. The wave traversed the tropical Atlantic for the next several days with little additional organization. Laura began as a large tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa on August 16 th. In the case of snowfall, the total precipitation is given in centimetres.Above: GOES 16 GeoColor Satellite Image of Hurricane Laura at 2301 UTC (6:01 PM CDT) on August 26, 2020. If the precipitation falls as water or sleet, the total precipitation is given in millimetres. The total precipitation is given in inches. For example in temperatures just above freezing, snowfall with the water content of 10 millimetres of water forms a snow layer 10 centimetres thick on the ground, but in temperatures around -20 degrees Celsius the layer formed by same amount of water is 20 centimetres thick. If the water content of the rain is kept constant, the colder the weather, the thicker a layer the falling snow forms on the ground.įor example in temperatures just above freezing, snowfall with the content of a quarter of an inch of water forms a 2,5 inches thick layer of snow on the ground, but in temperatures around -5 degrees Fahrenheit the same amount of water forms a layer of snow 5 inches thick. Temperatures also affect how much a given amount of snowfall grows the amount of snow on the ground. These factors cause the amount of snow on the ground to grow less than the snowfall amount. The total snowfall refers to the snowfall from the cloud and does not take into account local melting, packing or drifting of snow. The total precipitation forecast gives the expected total precipitation for the whole 24-hour day. Please note that especially in inland locations wind gusts can be up to 1,5 to 2,5 times stronger than the 10-minute average wind speed. The wind forecast shows the strongest expected 10-minute average wind speed of the day. Unlike the daily weather symbol, the temperatures, wind information and total precipitation take into account the whole 24-hour day. Daily temperatures, wind information and total precipitation The cloudiness on the daily weather symbol is calculated as a weighted average of the predicted cloudiness of that day, with most weight assigned to the afternoon hours. You can see the more precise timing and intensity of the rain in the hourly forecast. The rain can be light rain that falls for a longer time period, or a heavy rain of short duration. The amount of rain drops on the daily weather symbol represent the total precipitation amount of that day. The weather in the evening or night time do not show on the symbol. The daily weather symbol gives an overview of the weather between 7 a.m.
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