Hurricane Florida 2020 Marco
Laura could make landfall from texas to florida s gulf coast by wednesday afternoon and marco could hit louisiana or mississippi monday afternoon according to national hurricane center projections.
Hurricane florida 2020 marco. Track hurricane category 1 marco 2020. Hurricane marco was the first of two tropical cyclones to threaten the gulf coast of the united states within a three day period with the other being hurricane laura. So far there have been a total of 29 tropical or subtropical cyclones 28 named storms 12 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes. The 2020 atlantic hurricane season is an ongoing extremely active tropical cyclone season which has featured tropical cyclone formation at a record breaking rate.
It was a busy friday for marco island residents and city officials prepping for the 6 inches of rainfall tropical storm eta could bring. Nasa s imerg surface rainfall accumulations were calculated for the period 22 to 27 august 2020 for both hurricanes marco and laura. National hurricane center nhc atlantic august 24 2020 marco s downpour has already reached a large area of the florida panhandle and southern alabama and georgia dropping 8 to 9 inches of. 2 in both 2011 lee and 2005 maria.
01 2020 nasa s imerg analyzed heavy rains from hurricanes laura and marco the northern gulf coast specifically louisiana saw two tropical cyclones make landfall in the same week just days apart. With 28 tropical or subtropical storms it is tied with the 2005 atlantic hurricane season as the most. The thirteenth named storm and third hurricane of the highly active 2020 atlantic hurricane season marco developed from a fast moving tropical wave west of the windward islands and south of jamaica on august 20. Et with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph according to the national hurricane center.
Marco was the record earliest in season 13th storm of any atlantic hurricane season 12 days earlier than the previous record earliest 13th storm on sept. Marco is moving toward the north northwest near 13 mph 20 km h a turn to the northwest is expected later tonight followed by a turn to the west northwest by monday night.