Wind & Fire

Wind: Tropical Trouble ⭐⭐

• There are two tropical depressions in the Atlantic.

• Let's look at TD 14 first. It was just named in the Caribbean. It will move close to Central America and the Yucatan peninsula through this weekend.

• Monday and Tuesday, TD 14 is forecasted to be in the western Gulf. It could be a tropical storm (as per the current forecast) but it will depend on how to does after the Yucatan and what interactions it has with... TD 13.

• And now TD 13: It hasn't even reached the Lesser Antilles yet. The current forecasted track would take it just north of the Caribbean islands with some land interaction but opportunity to strengthen.

• Monday and Tuesday, TD 13 will bring rain and wind to south Florida with an uncertain intensity but potentially as a hurricane.

• In 4 to 5 days, two tropical cyclones could be in the Gulf of Mexico.

• Here are some websites:

  • www.tropicaltidbits.com blog updates and storm by storm tools

  • www.pivotalweather.com/model.php simple model data

  • www.weathernerds.org model data but also tropics specific options

  • www.wunderground.com/hurricane easy one-stop shop

  • www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gc_wmb/vxt/HWRF/index.php HWRF models

  • vmcluster.wright-weather.com/model_tracks.html model forecasts by spaghetti

Fire: West in Danger ⭐⭐

• Nationally, we're at a PL (preparedness level) 5, which is the highest and means significant activity is happening in many regions; we're at PL 3 here in the Northwest

• Drought conditions are getting worse and August heat has been rough too

• Here are some websites:

  • www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm NIFC summary

  • gacc.nifc.gov/index.php one-stop shop of information by gacc

  • www.fireweatheravalanche.org/fire map with fire perimeters

  • inciweb.nwcg.gov inciweb map with links to fire information

⚡ I try to keep my own website of links that I can get to from any browser. It may not always be up to date but it's a resource when I'm looking for that one site that I can't remember how to get to.