The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track planetary extreme, or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials).😜
Main Topic: Hurricane Milton Will Demolish Main Topic: Hurricane Milton Will Demolish Portions of Florida’s West Coast with an Eye on Tampa of Florida’s West Coast with an Eye on Tampa
Dear Diary. Last night I was looking at models seeing one of my greatest fears when it comes to hurricanes. A powerful major CAT3 or better storm was forecast to move into Tampa Bay, going through the I-4 corridor and trashing Orlando, as well:
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This morning’s much improved GFS shown the same trend, which has me very concerned that another tragedy will strike the U.S. that is still reeling from Helene. About the worst path for what is an already developed Milton would be directly into Tampa Bay. Recent hurricanes like Ian were forecast initially to hit near Tampa but veered off towards the south. Perhaps Milton will as well, but as residents of Fort Myers will attest, that would be deadly trouble, as well.
Here is this morning’s GFS, European model, and the latest Hurricane Center forecast:
Such a scenario that is forecast will tax our insurance industry as billions worth of damage occurs from Tampa into Orlando. Could we soon see millions of people affected and displaced by a climate change infused heated Milton? Stay tuned.
Much More:
Here are more “ETs” recorded from around the planet the last couple of days, their consequences, and some extreme temperature outlooks, as well as any extreme precipitation reports:
Here is some more September 2024 climatology (Prior reports are listed on older daily diary blogs for each calendar day.):
Here is More Climate News from Saturday:
(As usual, this will be a fluid post in which more information gets added during the day as it crosses my radar, crediting all who have put it on-line. Items will be archived on this site for posterity. In most instances click on the pictures of each tweet to see each article. The most noteworthy items will be listed first.)