Iota Forecast to Become a Dangerous Major Hurricane Soon
Rapid strengthening is expected during the next 24 hours, and Iota is forecast to be an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane when it approaches Central America.
Rapid strengthening is expected during the next 24 hours, and Iota is forecast to be an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane when it approaches Central America.
While Iota continues to move toward Central America currently as a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 MPH, we are just a few days away from the potential of a new tropical system developing over the Caribbean Sea.
Iota will become a major hurricane tomorrow before making landfall tomorrow night in northeastern Nicaragua.
There is a 50% chance that weather will violate launch constraints this evening for the SpaceX launch at Cape Canaveral.
It’s a mix of sun and clouds across Alabama today as two bands of clouds associated with a cold front move across the area.
Winds will gust to 30-40 mph along and immediately behind the front. Ahead of the front, they are gusting to 15-25 mph at times.
Winds are gusting to 40 mph ahead of a sharp line of showers pushing into Northwest Alabama this morning.
Temperatures will fall back into the 50s this afternoon behind a cold front that is passing through Alabama now. It will be breezy with a few showers this morning, and some patchy frost tonight.
Iota will become a major hurricane before making landfall near the border of Honduras and Nicaragua late Monday night into early Tuesday.