Post by oldmandeville on Oct 3, 2020 7:55:18 GMT -6
Thanks, Zack! If we get a hurricane at the 10am update we’ll try and stay here an extra day rather than sitting at the airport overnight. Currently TS wind gusts and nonstop heavy rain. Looks pretty much as you’d expect with all the palm trees here! Water from hallway and balcony seeping into room as we speak. I’ll work on a video update!
Eta: Below is a 30-second clip from the end of our hallway from our resort in Cancun. The Caribbean is on the other side of the palm trees.
Gamma is close to hurricane strength and hurricane warnings have been posted for parts of Yucatan.
Tropical Storm Gamma Advisory Number 5 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL252020 1000 AM CDT Sat Oct 03 2020
...GAMMA CLOSE TO HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT NEARS THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...
SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...20.0N 87.3W ABOUT 20 MI...30 KM SE OF TULUM MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...983 MB...29.03 INCHES
The government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Warning for the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from north of Punta Allen to Cancun, including Cozumel.
Last Edit: Oct 3, 2020 9:00:24 GMT -6 by hurricaner
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I always visit this site for updates when we have a storm headed our way at home. Think this is the first time ever I’ve had to worry about a TS hitting us while being away from home! With it not being “our storm” back at home I’m not getting those regular Zack Fradella updates here and on the tv that I’m used to and it’s making me anxious!
A flight this afternoon out of Cancun might be a struggle. This is most likely Hurricane Gamma soon and will probably bring the right eye wall right over you.
Tropical Storm Gamma Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL252020 1200 PM CDT Sat Oct 03 2020
...GAMMA MAKES LANDFALL NEAR TULUM, MEXICO...
Surface observations and satellite images indicate that the center of Tropical Storm Gamma made landfall in the northeast Yucatan Peninsula near Tulum, Mexico, around 1145 AM CDT. The storm was very close to hurricane strength at landfall, with maximum sustained winds near 70 MPH (110 MPH) with higher gusts.
A weather station at Xel-Ha Park, along the Yucatan coast just north of Tulum, reported a sustained wind of 55 mph (89 km/h) and a gust to 68 mph (109 km/h) within the past hour.
SUMMARY OF 1200 PM CDT...1700 UTC...INFORMATION --------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...20.2N 87.5W ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM N OF TULUM MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB...28.94 INCHES
Last Edit: Oct 3, 2020 11:21:50 GMT -6 by hurricaner
Shower and thunderstorm activity has become more consolidated since yesterday near a tropical wave located over the central Caribbean Sea. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form next week while the system moves westward or west-northwestward at about 15 mph across the central and western Caribbean Sea and then into the southern Gulf of Mexico. Locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds will be possible across portions of Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands during the next few days, and interests on those islands should monitor the progress of this disturbance.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
Last Edit: Oct 3, 2020 11:48:34 GMT -6 by hurricaner
Post by Zack Fradella on Oct 3, 2020 12:41:20 GMT -6
EURO showing a formidable storm coming right at us next week, then stalls and weakens. Looking at the HWRF for Gamma, you can almost see what will likely be Delta in the Gulf. Looks quite organized too.
EURO showing a formidable storm coming right at us next week, then stalls and weakens. Looking at the HWRF for Gamma, you can almost see what will likely be Delta in the Gulf. Looks quite organized too.
Guess I made the right decision when I told the hubby to keep the boards up another week or 2. Been having them up since Laura.
EURO showing a formidable storm coming right at us next week, then stalls and weakens. Looking at the HWRF for Gamma, you can almost see what will likely be Delta in the Gulf. Looks quite organized too.
Been saying it! When Delta meets the Delta, BEWARE!
Way too many possibilities at this point - but I do see 92L moving into the favorable conditions recently vacated by Gamma. Looking at a swing NE in the general direction of the Florida panhandle.