Month: June 2020

Cristobal forecast cone continues on a northern track towards Louisiana. HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and is forecast to make landfall as a storm along the Louisiana coast early next week. It was downgraded from tropical storm status in the 10 a.m. National Hurricane Center update on Thursday. While it is now a depression, it is expected to strengthen back to tropical storm status as it moves…

The probably path of Tropical Storm Cristobal as of June 4, 2020. The probably path of Tropical Storm Cristobal as of June 4, 2020. Photo: NOAA’s National Hurricane Center Photo: NOAA’s National Hurricane Center Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 The probably path of Tropical Storm Cristobal as of June 4, 2020. The probably path of Tropical Storm Cristobal as of June 4, 2020. Photo: NOAA’s National Hurricane Center Tropical…

The storm’s forecast cone continues on a northern track towards Louisiana, but Texas is not totally in the clear yet. HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and is forecast to make landfall as a storm along the Louisiana coast early next week. But Texas isn’t totally in the clear yet. This week was the official kick off to the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, and it’s already turning out…

Tropical Storm Cristobal is drifting around just onshore in Mexico south of the Bay of Campeche as of writing this, and the longer it remains over land, the more disorganized it will be when it reemerges later this week. After that time, the forecast models seem in fairly good agreement about forecast track, but how much or if it strengthens is up in the air. Cristobal is a rather unique storm in that it is…