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The #Union of Concerned Scientists[1] has something to say about the spring flood outlook.
NOAA's predicted spring flood outlook areas include several areas with severity, the illustrations below are extrapolated out to include newer data.
TL;DR is: 23 states and 128 million population affected.
"Researchers with the Union of Concerned Scientists compared coronavirus projection models from Columbia University with NOAA's most recent spring flood forecast and came to some startling conclusions about which communities are most likely to be hit with both the global pandemic and spring flooding between now and May 31."
Much earlier than the start of hurricane season, this is already what is looking likely.
With any (any at all) significant snow or rain or storm surge events, affected areas could be much larger.
While there's always a potential threat from COVID or something from any one of the "10 million viruses in a lick of seawater", be sure to update your evacuation plans accordingly, should you happen to find yourself needing to flee a different kind of disaster.
NOAA should use millimeters on its mappings. Since it doesn't, I've adapted some of its data for a more precise picture of America's dire and impending "underwater" situation.
Trump's plan to inject trillions into mortgage-backed securities to "save the economy", eh? That has been played before over a decade ago, and it fails dreadfully.
Don't go overvaluing an unsustainable, toxic, sinking ship.
More on this weather pattern:
A crop of tornadoes sprung up last night across SE Missouri's intra-state regions. Several large cells with lightning were recorded.
Nashville, TN apparently received some damage in its urban area, where over 40 buildings collapsed due to damage, and at least six* fatalities so far reported.
Midweek warmup expected across great swaths of the continental US this week. The heat, coupled with "strong troughs of energy" sweeping up out of the Gulf (and some from across the Pacific) means storms and excessive rain across much of the plains and Southeast (SE).
Areas already in "Captain Soggypants" zone should probably expect additional flooding, and to adjust forecasts as possible.
Folks in low-level areas susceptible to floods (often poor neighborhoods in cities) should maybe coordinate on evacuation plans?
What happens when you get heavy rain on areas recently affected by "uncontrolled" wildfires? (Crossref discussion about mudslides)
Temps in the interior of Australia right now:
40.7 Β°C
105.2 Β°F
313.8 K
1004 hPa MSLP
19.41Β° S, 132.85Β° E
160Β° @ 13 km/h
The South Pole also has a bunch of low-pressures surrounding a central "anticyclone", though they usually call things different in the southern hemisphere.
#Weather #Australia #mudslides
Anyone living in the East worried about this yet?
Five days ago, the long-range flood outlook for the eastern US was showing "only" 235 gauges with the least severe expectation of "minor" flooding during the next 3 months:
Orange = minor
Red = moderate
Purple = major
Today it is 377. See full thread of posts for context.
65 > 50% major flood risk
108 > 50% moderate flood risk
377 > 50% minor flood risk
Floodplain Plane Geometry
Let's contrast the temps expected in the next ~24-48 hours with what we know about what happens when ice, snow, or snowpacked areas get above freezing:
The first is the "expected" temp distribution over the continental landmass of most of North and Central America. Only _some_ surface-level regions are cooler than these temps. Surface-level temps are shown in the second model output.
Anything green is above freezing.
Many regions currently at one of the levels of "flood stage" (previous post) will likely be unable to carry any extra capacity, and anyone in those flooded regions should prepare themselves to expect more catastrophic-level damage... increasing at an increasing rate for each subsequent weather event.
The temperature differentials are clashing in longer strides.
Likely too dangerous to fly? Turbulence among these currents will probably be especially unpredictable.
"Temperatures have been running as much as 20 to 30 degrees or more above normal in most locations east of the Mississippi River, creating dozens of record highs."
"More than 267,000 customers between Arkansas and Ohio lacked power Saturday evening, according to poweroutage.us, which aggregates information from hundreds of electric utilities.
With roughly 300 total reports of severe weather (damaging winds, hail or tornadoes) thus far, it is the largest severe weather event of 2020 to date, and the most significant since an outbreak in December across much the same region."
#Jetstream #Weather #Climatology
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/11/severe-storms-south-ice/
A heavy-rain spring season followed by hot summers and dry autumn with intense #wind is a recipe for #fire hazards, especially in California.
At least 7 large-acreage fires active in in CA during the last 24 hours; check out the incident map.
Tick Fire: 5% of 3950 acres contained as of 10/24/2019
Kincade Fire: 5% of 16000 acres contained as of 10/24/2019
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