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Tropical Storm Cristobal headed for the U.S. Central Gulf Coast

June 6, 2020 Daulton Bahm Comments 0 Comment

Tropical Storm Cristobal, which made landfall in Campeche, Mexico on Wednesday morning with 60 mph winds, has reemerged into the Gulf of Mexico and regained tropical storm status. Cristobal could strengthen a bit more prior to making landfall in eastern Louisiana late Sunday, but the storm is not expected to reach hurricane intensity. As of 1:00 p.m. CDT (2:00 p.m. EDT) Saturday, Tropical Storm Cristobal was centered near 24.7°N 90.2°W, and was moving northward at about 12 mph. Maximum sustained…

Tropical Storm Cristobal forms over the southeastern Bay of Campeche, likely to threaten U.S. Gulf Coast in 5-6 days

June 2, 2020 Daulton Bahm Comments 0 Comment

The Atlantic’s earliest third named storm on record was named Tuesday morning – Tropical Storm Cristobal. Cristobal broke the record previously held by Tropical Storm Colin of 2016, which formed on June 5. Cristobal, which is located over the extreme southeastern Bay of Campeche, is likely to make landfall in the Mexican state of Campeche during the next day or so, before moving northward and threatening the United States Gulf Coast on Sunday or Monday. Note that the name Cristobal…

2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins; Tropical Depression Three forms over the Bay of Campeche

June 1, 2020 Daulton Bahm Comments 0 Comment

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially began today, though two tropical storms had already formed – Arthur and Bertha. Arthur strengthened into a moderately strong tropical storm off the coast of the North Carolina Outer Banks, while Bertha unexpectedly developed and made landfall in South Carolina. Invest 92L nearly developed into a subtropical cyclone early Saturday morning, but was unable to do so. However, Invest 93L has developed into Tropical Depression Three. TD Three, associated with the remnants of eastern…

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