Ports prepare for Hurricane Delta

08 Oct 2020 / Gulf Coast, United States

Port Condition X-Ray has been set at the ports of Beaumont, Port Arthur, Freeport, Houston, Lake Charles, Mobile, New Orleans, Pascagoula and Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Delta.

Delta has almost finished passing the Yucatan Peninsula and is forecast to head for the US.

Warm sea surface temperatures combined with low vertical wind shear are forecast to promote re-strengthening across the southern Gulf of Mexico with peak intensity likely to occur across deep waters offshore Louisiana this evening into tomorrow morning. An upper level high pressure ridge will advance west of Florida and settle over the eastern Gulf of Mexico today before retreating east tomorrow (9 October). Delta is forecast to track around the southwestern periphery of this high during the next 24 hours then curve north around the western periphery later today into Friday. Meanwhile, an upper level trough is expected to advance from the west and allow for Delta to accelerate north to north-northeast Friday into the weekend.

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