You Are Not Hallucinating - Hurricane Leslie Is Headed Toward Spain And Africa

[blondebanshee]

You absolutely read the title correctly, and it is very similar to one that I wrote about Hurricane Ophelia in 2017. Hurricane Leslie is currently headed toward Africa and Europe. The "toward" is the "weather weird" part of the statement because typically tropical systems have their origins in easterly waves that move "away" from the African continent. Leslie is a long-lasting storm that has drunkenly meandered around the Atlantic Ocean since September 23rd. I am writing this on October 12th. It has generated 15 named days according to Colorado State University expert Dr. Philip Klotzbach and certainly has some days left. I should also mention that spent a few days as a post-tropical system, and those are not counted as part of the named record. You can certainly see why Hurricane Leslie has been called the "zombie" storm. What caught my eye is the latest forecast track, and a statement issued by the National Hurricane Center.

[link:https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/10/12/you-are-not-hallucinating-hurricane-leslie-is-headed-toward-spain-and-africa/#d93631d44537|

[BeckyDem]

1. jesus christ almighty.

[malaise]

2. Majorca is already dealing with flash floods that left 10 dead

Remember now - no climate change

[CrispyQ]

3. David Brin wrote a sci fi story that had hurricanes in the Pacific that lasted months.

They would hit an island, lose some steam, regain it & twirl around the Pacific for awhile before wreaking havoc on some other island. At the time, I thought that was a wild idea.

[Leith]

4. I've Been Watching Leslie for the Past Week

Once I noticed that it was still out in the middle of the North Atlantic as a coherent storm.

See Ventusky.

This takes you to the 10 meters up view. On the left, click on the button labeled "Wind speed" and take it up to 1500 meters, or any height, really. They all show the prevailing winds taking Leslie toward the UK and western France. It could very well make landfall one year to the day after hurricane Ophelia hit Ireland.

[FakeNoose]

5. I predict that somebody will make a movie called "Zombie Hurricane"

Even if it sucks, that title is too good to pass up!

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Z Nation had a zombie tornado episode.

[eleny]

6. Check out the wind map

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-24.09,34.63,785/loc=-28.019,33.216

[BigmanPigman]

7. That map makes it seem like it is going to hit

England.

That is a cool link! I made it go to the South Pole and it was almost like a tie dyed shirt.

[eleny]

9. There's two systems south of Iceland

One just SE and the other SW swirling away. Although today's weather up there report doesn't appear significant.

[blondebanshee]

10. Awesome link! Thank you for sharing!