Sept 6, 2024 Friday Tropical Update
Invest 90L next best chance at Francine next week
September 2024 was the 2nd-warmest September in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 68.6°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 66.0°F (+2.7°F).
September 2024 was the 44th-driest September in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 2.3in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.6in (-0.3in).
NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.
Atlantic tropics remain [historically] quiet overall. Only show in town in Invest 90L soon to be developing in the southern Gulf of Mexico with 50% chance of becoming a named storm (Francine). The system will linger / meander for a few days before moving north either into Texas or Louisiana as a huge rainmaker.
Typhoon Yagi to landfall Vietnam at Category 4 after clipping Hainan island at even higher intensity, perhaps 140-knots (Category 5)
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