Hurricane Zeta formed and strengthened in the Caribbean on Monday, National Hurricane Center said It is expected to travel in the Gulf of Mexico and make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday
The storm track shifted slightly to the west in the 10 a.m. Monday update In the last runway, Zeta is expected to make landfall between Cocodrie and Port Fourchon in southeast Louisiana The winds should be around 75 mph, which would make it a Category 1 hurricane
Forecasters said there was a growing risk of storm surges, heavy rains, damaging winds and tornadoes from Louisiana to Florida
Watches will likely be issued for part of the Gulf Coast later Monday, the National Hurricane Center said
An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter plane is expected to investigate Zeta on Monday afternoon, and the data should provide a better estimate of the strength of the storm
If Zeta strengthens as expected, it will be the 11th Atlantic hurricane this season, according to NOAA
As of 1 pm, Zeta was about 120 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, and was moving northwest at 10 mph
It has winds of 70 mph and is expected to become a hurricane later on Monday with winds forecast to reach 85 mph A Category 1 hurricane has winds starting at 74 mph
Some weakening is likely as Zeta moves over the Yucatan Peninsula Monday evening and early Tuesday Zeta is expected to strengthen again as it moves into the southern Gulf of Mexico later Tuesday
The storm is expected to have maximum winds of 80 mph – still a Category 1 hurricane – in the Gulf before easing slightly as it approaches land
The center of Zeta is forecast to move near or over the northern Yucatan Peninsula later Monday, move over the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, and approach the northern coast of the gulf Wednesday
Forecasters said 2-4 inches of rain could fall, with isolated amounts of 6 inches, between Tuesday evening and Thursday over parts of the central Gulf Coast and southeastern US
Heavy rains will begin to reach the central Gulf Coast on Tuesday evening, spreading inland in eastern Mississippi, Alabama and northern Georgia on Wednesday, in the southern Appalachians Wednesday evening and in the central Atlantic on Thursday
Predicted precipitation could lead to flash floods, urban and small stream floods, as well as minor river floods
If Zeta continues on its planned course, it will be the fifth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana this year, the largest since hurricane recording began in 1851, said Barry Keim, climatologist at Louisiana. Louisiana State Earlier this season, Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Delta, Tropical Storm Cristobal and Tropical Storm Marco made landfall in the state
As Tropical Storm Zeta rolls into the Caribbean Sea, a new map from a University of Colorado researcher illustrates just how extraordinary the 2020 is…
No more cyclones are expected to form over the next five days in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
Systems are named after they transform into a tropical storm Next available name is Eta Forecasters switched to the Greek alphabet in September after using all available names for the 2020 Atlantic season
So far this year is tied with 2005, the year of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, for the highest number of named storms – ???? 27 for both The National Hurricane Center tweeted on Sunday that in hindsight it missed a storm 15 years ago
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Carlie Kollath Wells is morning reporter for NOLAcom and The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans lawyer
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