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Hurricane Ida

So does anyone see anything coming up for Ida that is a limiting factor?
 
akt1985 said:
Unfortunately, it looks like the reminants of Ida could affect the same areas of western middle Tennessee affected by flash flooding last weekend with more heavy rain early next week.
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That got me wondering, since all of that water eventually ended up in the Mississippi. Don't know much hydrology, but it looks like most of that crest has passed. A small bit of luck for the levee system, anyway.

This river-flooding link might be useful to watch as Ida nears, comes in, and passes through, though. (Mobile version.)
 
Category 4?

The 18z Euro for 8/29/21 shows the pressure at 938mb as Ida approaches the offshore area of La/Ms.

This translates to a Category 4 storm with winds in the 131-155mph (per Saffir-Simpson). The New Orleans levee system may face a very serious test with Ida. Hopefully, the eye of the storm passes to the right of the city - or even better, fizzles down to a Cat. 1 before landfall.

New Orleans has had almost 2 decades to fix & prepare for another Katrina-like scenario. Let's hope they have. If not Ida, there is another hurricane in the future sure to swamp N.O.
 
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