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Unofficial damage:
- +4° in Lafayette is their coldest morning on record back to the 1890s.
- Baton Rouge and Lake Charles are having their coldest morning since the great freeze of 1899.
- It’s Beaumont’s coldest morning since 1906.
Per national gas-weighted HDDs, yesterday ranks 31st coldest since 1950, coldest since Jan 1, 2018, and 5th coldest in the last 30 years
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I’m still in disbelief this happened. Here it is. Timelapse of historic New Orleans snow storm. Snow got up to 12 inches on my snowboard in the French Quarter.
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No...this isn't somewhere up north! This is Lafayette, Louisiana, getting near blizzard conditions as they are under a Blizzard Warning! Baton Rouge NOT under that warning, but still a Winter Storm Warning. 4-8 inches expected. wafb.com?utm_medium=social&u…
It's easy to forget given how dry the last month plus has been, but Washington DC had its 2nd-longest streak of days with measurable rain (11) immediately before its now-record streak of days without measurable rain, which finally ended yesterday after 38 days.
ICYMI, Phoenix ended an incredible 21-day streak of record highs which included topping the former October monthly record (107°) each of the first 8 day of the month. It's notable that on most days the records were beaten by more than 1-2°--records were beaten by 5°+ 8 times.
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Over 4.3 million electric customers are currently without power due to #HurricaneHelene.
1.3 million out in #SouthCarolina
1 million out in #Florida and #Georgia
78k out #Virginia
[2024-09-27 10:17 AM EDT]
poweroutage.us
#PowerOutages
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Water levels higher than the pickup window at this @Wendys in #BiltmoreVillage. The #SwannanoaRiver has reached record levels here in #Asheville.
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Atlanta received the highest 48-hour rainfall on record over the past 2 days. 11.12 inches of rain soaked the area, beating out the previous record of 9.59 inches in 48 hours in 1886. Record keeping stretches back to 1878. #gawx #helene2024
Here is a comparison of the wind fields of 2018's Category 5 Hurricane Michael (left) vs. Cat 4 Helene (right) at landfall. While Michael's maximum sustained winds were stronger (160 mph vs. 140), Helene's wind field was much larger (TS winds 310 miles from center vs. 175).
#Helene is a reminder that the Saffir-Simpson scale does not tell the whole story about a storm. This map shows the wind fields of Hurricanes Michael and Idalia at landfall vs. Helene. While those storms had higher peak winds (so far), Helene has a much larger wind field.
Phoenix has now had seven straight 110°+ highs. This has happened many times before during the summer months, but this is the first time on record with more than 4 consecutive in Sept. Meanwhile, the city's record shattering streak of 100°+ highs should finally end this weekend.
Per @NOAANCEI Summer 2024 was the 4th-hottest summer on record nationally since 1895 and hottest on record in CA, AZ, FL, NH, and ME. It yielded the 2nd-highest population-weighted CDD total (1053) in our database since 1950, exceeded only by Summer 2022 (1056).
Max temps of the last two days. Daily records include Chicago (99° Tue), St. Louis (102° Tue), Louisville (99° Tue), Columbus (97° Wed), and Wash. DC (101° Wed). While not a record, the high of 97° in Cincinnati on Tues was its hottest day since 2012.
Using NOAA's historical hurricane track tool (coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes), Hone appears to be just the third hurricane on record to approach within 50 miles of the Big Island
Hurricane Warning in Effect
Tropical Storm Hone upgraded to Hurricane
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 15 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles.
Winds 50-75mph with gusts up to 86 mph
Seas 15-25 ft
ALT Hurricane Warning in Effect Tropical Storm Hone upgraded to Hurricane Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 15 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles. Winds 50-75mph with gusts up to 86 mph Seas 15-25 ft