ATL: ZETA - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[Chemmers]

Still got lots off lighting after landfall, think this could still be strengthening all the way to New Orleans?

[Stormcenter]

I agree, right over New Orleans.

Looks to me (via radar) that the eye is going to go right over New Orleans

[Steve]

Gusty in the big easy, eye wall rapidly closing in... so far so good. Keep moving. Just thankful this one isn’t hitting our friends in the Lake Charles area!

Yeah. It's kicking up. Starting to get some gusts up around TS here in Mid-City. You can hear the howls from time to time, but it's more leaves than limbs so far. Bout to get real.

Also for the record, power blinked 3x and cable was momentarily lost. Bout to lose that all, but hopefully I'll still have phone service. Everybody be safe. This is going to affect lots of us up to the Atlantic Coast.

[LSU2001]

I should be in the eye here shortly if it don’t miss me by a little bit it is getting a good bit brighter where now.

[tiger_deF]

Convection to the South is warming but asides from that Zeta is so far shrugging off the land interaction

[TallyTracker]

My cousin in Westwego texted me saying the wind is getting much worse now. It looks like they’re gonna get the eye.

[northjaxpro]

Looks to me (via radar) that the eye is going to go right over New Orleans

Yes it will. It will move directly over the city the eyewall.

[supercane4867]

Satellite signature indicates Zeta has strengthened AT the time of landfall. A burst of convection activity helped to clear out the eye.

[GCANE]

Pretty big blowup on IR after it made landfall.

[storm_in_a_teacup]

Anyone have an idea how bad Baton Rouge is going to get it? One of my best friends lives there and he’s not responding to my attempts to contact him.

Baton Rouge is actually on the very edge of the rain. Doesn’t look like they will see anything too significant from Zeta in the city.

Thanks for humoring my ignorance. Have been too overwhelmed with grad school stuff to track the hurricanes that closely lately. Plus Laura & Beta kind of wore me out.

[kevin]

A late October high end cat 2 or possibly even low end cat 3 going directly over New Orleans. We're watching history right here.

[TallahasseeMan]

Last drop from recon before heading out

[SohCahToa]

My radar app has it looking like it wants to take a trip straight over the Causeway

[JtSmarts]

Archie Chaisson the LaFourche Parish President on WDSU just stated they have seen sustained winds around 100mph and gusts to 130.

[SunnyThoughts]

Grand Isle is in the absolute worst stuff this storm has to offer right now. Multiple 140+mph bins on the velocity scan 7,000 feet above the ground there.

Mark Sudduth has a live cam there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etXTaX0uEps

[tolakram]

saved loop

[ElectricStorm]

Should be getting the landfall update any moment now. Will likely remain 95kts

[ElectricStorm]

Props to all the recon sticking with it till the end out there

[Ryxn]

This is why 110 MPH and 155 MPH fish storms are my LEAST favorite. Not every storm is a Lorenzo 2019 case. That storm's track graphic on Wikipedia doesn't even have the red Category 5 circle. That's how BRIEF it was a CAT 5. The same goes for Michael which was a CAT 5 for a mere 30 minutes until landfall and also didn't have the red CAT 5 circle in its track.

We could see the same case as Michael but with the CAT 2/3 distinction instead but Zeta's tracking shouldn't show a CAT 3 circle as it was likely a major (if at all) BETWEEN advisories.

[supercane4867]

A lot of wind observation records are going to be fallen in NOLA soon. The city only had CAT1 winds even in Katrina.