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  1. TLDR on Hurricane Lowell and Hawaii seems to be:

    Wait and See

    NWS Honolulu: "
    Attention will shift late Sunday into early next week to the forecast track of Hurricane Lowell, currently a category 4 hurricane and around 600 miles southeast of Lihue. The National
    Hurricane Center track forecast moves Lowell slowly westward through Friday night with an abrupt northward turn and increase in forward speed on Saturday. While confidence is low whether a direct impact will occur or not, Lowell will likely bring some impacts to the state including storm surge, high surf, wind, and rainfall impacts to portions of Hawaii, particularly as it moves closest to Kauai County Monday and Monday night. The extent of these impacts could range from minor to major depending on the eventual path of the storm, and more specifically when the abrupt turn to the north occurs. Regardless, Lowell is forecast to be a category 3 hurricane at its closest proximity. Coastal inundation
    could also be exacerbated by the peak monthly high tides that are expected to occur Monday. Interests in Hawaii should continue to closely monitor the progress of Lowell through the upcoming Labor Day weekend, listen to the advice of officials, and ensure they have their hurricane plan and supply kit in place."

    forecast.weather.gov/product.p

    #HIwx #Hurricane #hurricanelowell #TropicalWx #tropics

  2. NHC now saying Tropical Storm Marie probably heading farther out into the Pacific. #TropicalStormMarie #TropicalWx #Tropics #CAwx

  3. Hurricane Lowell - Hurricane Karina - Tropical Storm Marie

    #TropicalWx ##tropics

  4. Spaghetti models for MARIE still all over the map.... Official cone however, says for the next few days it will be off Baja California well away from land. #TropicalStormMarie #TSMarie #TropicalWx #tropics

  5. NWS Los Angeles:

    "...Needless to say, the weather for the upcoming Labor Day weekend
    may by highly dynamic. A minor change in the track of Marie could
    result in significant changes to the current forecast. So, given
    the uncertainty with this pattern, stay tuned and monitor the
    latest forecasts...."

    forecast.weather.gov/product.p

    #TropicalStormMarie #tropicalwx #tropics #CAwx

  6. Tropical Storm Edouard: Here’s the Timeline for Houston & SE Texas

    Flood watch and a tropical storm warning are in effect Tuesday Tropical Storm Edouard has formed in the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #forecast #Houstonweather #tropics #UnitedStates #Us #USA #Weather
    newsbeep.com/714652/

  7. NHC: ...AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND EDOUARD IS STRENGTHENING... ...CONTINUED INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE EDOUARD REACHES THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST TODAY...

    #TSEdouard #TXwx #TropicalWx #tropics

  8. NWS Los Angeles:

    Labor Day Weekend Weather Scenario

    High Chance - Large waves & strong rip currents for holiday beachgoers If planning a beach trip, make sure to include one with lifeguards on duty.

    Moderate Chance - Impactful coastal flooding for south facing shores Heed any advice from local emergency officials.

    Low Chance - Gusty offshore winds with wildfire risks & downed trees Continue to monitor the forecast and advice from local officials.

    Low Chance - Widespread moderate to heavy rain with flooding Continue to monitor the forecast and advice from local officials.

    #CAwx #LosAngeles #TSMarie #TropicalWx #Tropics

  9. Tropical Storm Marie formed overnight... looks like the path is now not heading into Los Angeles, but offshore. Still, unusual to have something become a hurricane this close! On eof those GEFS tracks (outlier) goes over my house, lol. #TropicalStormMarie #CAwx #TropicalWx #tropics

  10. NHC:

    ...TROPICAL STORM DOLLY FORMS OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC... ...INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR...

    #TropicalStormDolly #TSDolly #tropics #tropicalwx

  11. (humming) "I'm on my way... I don't know where I'm going... I'm on my way... I'm taking my time but I don't know where..."

    #TSJulio #Julio #TropicalWx #tropics

  12. "There's panic on the switchboard, tongues in knots
    Some come out in sympathy, some come out in spots
    Some blame the management, some the employees
    And everybody knows it's the industrial disease" (Dire Straits)

    #TropicalWx #tropics #hurricanes #elnino #climateemergency

  13. Forest degradation (continued)

    "Southeast Asian forests have the strongest declines in aboveground biomass under increasing water limitation. […] Predicting tropical-forest carbon storage requires accounting for interactions among climate, disturbance, soil and topography".

    Nunes, M.H., Muller-Landau, H.C., Görgens, E.B. et al. "Heterogeneous climatic controls on tropical-forest biomass" (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-108

    #carbonSinks #forests #Asia #tropics #degradation #carbon #land #biogeography #ecology #soil

  14. "We quantify the aboveground carbon sink of recovering forests across three main continuous tropical humid regions: the Amazon, Borneo and Central Africa. On the basis of satellite data products, our analysis encompasses the heterogeneous spatial and temporal patterns of growth in degraded and secondary forests, influenced by key environmental and anthropogenic drivers. In the first 20 years of recovery, regrowth rates in Borneo were up to 45% and 58% higher than in Central Africa and the Amazon, respectively. This is due to variables such as temperature, water deficit and disturbance regimes. We find that regrowing degraded and secondary forests accumulated 107 Tg C year−1 between 1984 and 2018, counterbalancing 26% of carbon emissions from humid tropical forest loss during the same period. Protecting old-growth forests is therefore a priority."
    "The carbon sink of secondary and degraded humid tropical forests" (2023). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-056

    #tropics #forests #carbon #ecology #CDR

  15. RE: mastodon.green/@plazi_species/

    #Beetles of the genus #Callistethus (#Rutelinae, #Scarabaeidae) are mainly distributed across the #tropics and #subtropics of #Asia, as well as Central and South #America. Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026) described four #newspecies within the #Callistethus #auronitens species complex, assigned two species to the genus Callistethus, and elevated two subspecies to full species status. #Biodiversity
    © StefanFWirth

    Reference
    Ming-Zhi Zhao (2026)
    doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5822.

  16. Fossilized coral seacliff, late afternoon, Atiu coastline, Cook Islands, South Pacific. May 1990. Atiu's coral reef grows directly from the shoreline and encircles the island. Eruptions from an undersea volcano have raised the inner portion to form these fossilized coral cliffs.

    #photography #landscapephotography #seacliff #nature #tropics #ocean #seacoast #outhPacific #tropical #islands

  17. "...LALA STRENGTHENS INTO A HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII... ...900 AM HST (1900 UTC) POSITION AND INTENSITY UPDATE... "

    nhc.noaa.gov/#Lala

    #HurricaneLala #tropics #tropicalwx #HIwx #Lala

  18. NY Times: Hawaiian Electric Warns Any Power Outages May Last Days

    #TropicalStormLala #Tropics #HIwx