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Lala

Every dispatch filed on Lala, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.

5Dispatches
7Days · AUG 10–AUG 16
I-26Tropics
Where the dispatches were filed5 of 5 placed
Map of North America and the Atlantic with a shield at each dispatch's place Natural Earth · places from the headlines
70% chance of tropical wave in Atlantic becoming a depression. Hurricane Lala likely to form and impact Hawaii this weekend FIGURE 1 AUG 10 · I-26 TROPICS 70% chance of tropical wave in Atlantic becoming a depression. Hurricane Lala likely to form and impact Hawaii this weekend Atlantic basin lighting up with activity with multiple areas of interest. Hawaii hurricane threat this weekend from Lala FIGURE 1 AUG 11 · I-26 TROPICS Atlantic basin lighting up with activity with multiple areas of interest. Hawaii hurricane threat this weekend from Lala Cristobal formed in the subtropical Atlantic with 2 more MDR tropical waves being watched. Hawaii under threat from Lala this weekend FIGURE 1 AUG 12 · I-26 TROPICS Cristobal formed in the subtropical Atlantic with 2 more MDR tropical waves being watched. Hawaii under threat from Lala this weekend Lala pulling away from Hawaii. The Atlantic is again a ghost town FIGURE 1 AUG 16 · I-26 TROPICS Lala pulling away from Hawaii. The Atlantic is again a ghost town
The route · every exit
  1. Exit 1 · AUG 10 70% chance of tropical wave in Atlantic becoming a depression. Hurricane Lala likely to form and impact Hawaii this weekend Hawaii
  2. Exit 2 · AUG 11 Atlantic basin lighting up with activity with multiple areas of interest. Hawaii hurricane threat this weekend from Lala Hawaii
  3. Exit 3 · AUG 12 Cristobal formed in the subtropical Atlantic with 2 more MDR tropical waves being watched. Hawaii under threat from Lala this weekend Hawaii
  4. Exit 4 · AUG 13 · Subscribers Atlantic still watching a parade of tropical waves but hostile environment. Lala forecast to become a hurricane while impacting Hawaii Hawaii
  5. Exit 5 · AUG 16 Lala pulling away from Hawaii. The Atlantic is again a ghost town Hawaii
END Final dispatch AUG 16.

Why I-26?

Tropical stories ride Interstate 26, after the 26 °C sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development.

26 °C

The sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development; the shield number of this road.

Invest

An area the Hurricane Center is investigating, numbered 90–99 with a basin letter, before it has a name.

ACE

Accumulated Cyclone Energy: a season's wind, squared and summed every six hours. Climatology sets the scale.