Vermont resident for 42 years and I’ve never noticed a hurricane behave this way. Sure, every decade or two we’ll get one that’ll ride up the east coast and cause problems for New England…
But for one to strike the gulf coast, ride all the way up (over land!) to the northeast and still drop 4-6” of rain, is something I can’t wrap my head around.
I’m used to storms hitting the south and then breaking up rather quickly over land. What was so different about Beryl?
I’m just curious, this is the 2nd 100-year flood we’ve had in back-to-back years, right down to the day… it’s crazy…
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Hurricane Ida was similar in 2021. It provided huge rainfall to the Mid Atlantic as it combined with a low pressure frontal boundary coming from the west. In Beryl’s case, it was still gaining a lot of energy right up until the point it got past Houston. A strong low in the center kept pulling moisture from the Gulf as a “post cyclone”.
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