Tropical Storm Nate Threatens Gulf Coast, Kills at Least 22 in Central America

[LongTomH]

Source: NBC News

Tropical Storm Nate is winding up to wallop the Gulf Coast this weekend.

The latest NBC News forecast has the storm making landfall somewhere on the Mississippi or Alabama coasts sometime around 1 a.m. Sunday, possibly as a Category 1 hurricane.

With Nate expected to drench the region with anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of rain, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a statewide emergency and a dozen or so members of the National Guard were dispatched to New Orleans to help monitor the low-lying city's fragile pumping and drainage system.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said 108 out of 120 pumps "are working."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/look-out-america-tropical-storm-nate-way-n808001

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I don't think the Gulf Coast has really recovered from Katrina; now they have this to contend with.

[Baclava]

1. Still headed for New Orleans as a Cat 1

[heaven05]

2. going over that much

warm water can it become a major hurricane?

[Baclava]

3. unlikely, still pretty disorganized, forecast to speed up forward motion when it hits open gulf

Nate’s potential strengthening will be blunted by the wind shear associated with the strong steering flow, as well as by the rapid motion itself, which will limit its time over water. As Nate approaches the Gulf Coast, it will encounter cooler SSTs and a lower oceanic heat content, which may slow or halt intensification.

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/tropical-storm-nate-may-hit-mexico-and-us-gulf-coast-strengthening-hurricane