GRACE, LINDA, FRED, HENRI | AUG 18-23, 2021 | W4E UN2CT

HI! I'm Dawn Pearce w/WEATHER EDITION 4 EVENING SEGMENT AUG 18TH. & continuing our reporting on the 4 Active Storms. Let's get right to it!
Per Dr. Jay Hobgood at Weather USA, the ¹"former Tropical Storm Grace intensified [in]to a hurricane west of the Cayman Islands on Wednesday morning."¹
²At 8:00 PM EDT, Wed Aug 18th, TROPICAL STORM GRACE was located 170 mi E of Tulum Mexico moving WNW at 16 mph.²

There are WARNINGS & WATCHES for ¹&²HURRICANE GRACE basically effecting the Cayman Islands, Cuba, & Mexico.¹&²
GRACE is ²"EXPECTED TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND A DANGEROUS STORM
SURGE TO PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO."²
Pls review them carefully.

[Reporter pauses]

²"A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico from Cancun to Punta Herrero,
including Cozumel

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico from north of Cancun to Campeche
* Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico from south of Punta Herrero to Puerto
Costa Maya

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Southern coast Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, as well as Isla
de la Juventud."²

[Reporter resumes]
¹Hurricane Grace is expected to intensify on Wednesday due to favorable environmental conditions.

²[Map of GRACE]
¹"Hurricane Grace will approach the Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday night. Grace will bring strong winds"¹, heavy rainfall, & probable flash flooding in some locations. Probable storm surges are expected ¹"along the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula."¹

POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE FRED
at ²5:00 PM EDT, on Wed Aug 18th was
Located 185 mi WSW of Binghamton NY
Moving NE at 15 mph.

Wed, ¹"Tropical Depression Fred was dropping heavy rain over parts of the northeastern U.S."¹

We have a 500 PM EDT advisory bulletin for you regarding Tropical Depression FRED:
²"POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE FRED MOVING NORTHEAST FROM WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA TOWARD THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE."²

²"WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
Flood and Flash Flood Watches are in effect from parts of Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and across interior New
England.

A Tornado Watch is in effect from northern Virginia and parts of
Maryland across much of central and eastern Pennsylvania."²

²WED THRU THURSDAY NIGHT, Fred
is expected to cause RAINFALL from 2 to 4 in & possibly 6" in isolated areas. FRED rainfall is expected across the Northeastern USA "²from much of Pennsylvania and New York into New England"²
²Flash flooding is possible ²"across portions of the northern Mid-Atlantic States
and the Northeastern USA. Isolated tornadoes are possible across parts of the inland Mid-Atlantic region this evening."²

Now let's review TROPICAL STORM HENRI.
On Wed, ¹that Tropical Storm was passing southwestwardly along Bermuda¹.
² At 5:00 PM EDT, on Wed Aug 18th, HENRI was located 235 mi SW of Bermuda & moving W at 9 mph.²

²HENRI is being monitored & is expected to upgrade as a HURRICANE.²
²"There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect"² for TROPICAL STORM HENRI,
BUT ²"Swells are expected to increase across
much of the east coast of the U.S. and Atlantic Canada later this
week and this weekend. These swells could cause life-threatening
surf and rip current conditions. "²

LET'S LOOK AT THE WEAKENING HURRICANE LINDA CAT 2.
²At 5:00 PM EDT, Wed Aug 18th, HURRICANE LINDA was located 1430 mi E of Hilo Hawaii and moving WNW at 14 mph.² ² which is "expected to continue through[out] the weekend."²
²"Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph with higher gusts.
Steady weakening is forecast through Friday, and Linda is expected to become a gale-force post-tropical cyclone on Saturday."²

²"There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.”² for HURRICANE LINDA per the Miami Hurricane Center.

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SOURCES

¹Dr. Jay Hobgood at Weather USA, Aug 18, 2021 article.
https://www.weatherusa.net/news/hobgood-blog/12984

²WEATHER USA
https://www.weatherusa.net/tropical

W4E UN2CT 8-18-21