Hurricane Delta

[BayouWeatherGeek]

Here we go again. Regardless of where Delta makes landfall it'll be impacting areas still recovering from earlier hurricane strikes.

Hope and pray everyone in the path of this thing stays weather alert.

 

[TornadoFan]

Jesus christ, now it's a category 4.

 

[Kory]

And Delta is now a category 3.

And now he’s a 4. Rapid, rapid intensification.

 

[Mike S]

And now he’s a 4. Rapid, rapid intensification.

I don't know what the quickest time a storm went from a 2 to a 4, but Delta has to be near the top of the record book.

 

[KoD]

It sure is a compact and vicious looking storm.

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[billdurham]

As of around 11a Tuesday.. its a CAT4.

 

[TornadoFan]

Sustained winds now up to 140 MPH

 

[brianc33710]

Now 145 but pressure only down to 956mb (?) Sally knocked down trees on at least 3 of my friends home in the Mobile & Pensacola area. They don't need Delta too.

 

[Kory]

Delta will go well west of Sally impacted regions.

 

[akt1985]

It looks like Delta might have weakened some based on infrared imagery.

 

[brianc33710]

There's a BIG gap between Delta's 145 mph & the air pressure you would expect with a storm that strong.

 

[brianc33710]

Gov Ivey (AL) has already issued a state of emergency & evacuation warnings.

 

[TornadoFan]

Seems that Delta ran into some stronger than expected shear.

 

[Kory]

Seems that Delta ran into some stronger than expected shear.

Yep about 25-30kts out of the SE. GFS was forecasting half of that and with the forward speed would’ve nearly negated it. But, pressure is still very low but winds have dropped like a rock on first couple passes.

 

[bjdeming]

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[TornadoFan]

Ok, not sure why they kept it at 130 MPH sustained winds in the latest update.

 

[warneagle]

Delta's weakening trend overnight/this morning has been almost as shocking as the way it strengthened yesterday.

 

[Kory]

Delta's weakening trend overnight/this morning has been almost as shocking as the way it strengthened yesterday.

Tiny storms can be much more detrimentally affected by shear than larger ones. Delta’s expansion in the gulf will help mitigate the increasing shear near landfall but ultimately won’t stop it from weakening...just slower.

 

[Jacob]

Models continue to shift west this morning.

What did Lake Charles do to piss mother nature off so bad?

 

[Jason Ledbetter]

I've been away for a while, good to see you guys are still at it!