State Climatologist Jay Grymes Tropics Update

Tropics Update: Wednesday 9 AM

(1) NHC takes Louisiana out of the cone

(2) Rafael likely to become ‘Cat 3’ before Cuba landfall

(3) Rafael into the SE Gulf as a strong hurricane on Thursday

(4) westward turn, weakening trend and forward speed slows Thursday into Friday

(5) drifting Rafael into the weekend possibly dissipates over west-central Gulf

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Opinions are mine …

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the National Weather Service (NWS) are the authorities on weather forecasts and provide the official predictions.

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John M. (“Jay”) Grymes III

State Climatologist