The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida have pushed off the coast of Georgia, and are adding fuel to a developing extratropical storm that is pounding North and South Carolina with heavy rain and high winds. Over two inches of rain has fallen across much of the region, and NOAA's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (Figure 1) predicts that up to eight inches of rain could fall in coastal North Carolina by Saturday. Adding to the rainwater flooding problems from all thi
Weather Underground Forecast for Wednesday, November 11, 2009.
Tropical Storm Ida will continue losing strength as it moves over the Southeastern US. However, strong winds associated with the system will continue to bring rough waters to the Gulf of Mexico. A frontal boundary will also develop to the south of the storm and stretch from Florida, over the Cuba and into to the Yucatan Peninsula and eastern Mexico. Expect moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms to develop along this front, with widespread scattered showers extending inland to central and southern Mexico.
Meanwhile, another area of low pressure will remain under close supervision as it has low potential for tropical storm development. As the system spins just east of the Lesser Antilles, it will kick up moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms over Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands. To the south, a trough of lower pressure will bring onshore flow over Central America. This will allow for wet weather to persist over Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
The devastating "Bangladesh Cyclone" hit the Bay of Bengal on this date in 1970. A wall of water nearly 20 feet high engulfed all low lying areas and islands in the Ganges Delta region and killed an estimated 300,000 people.