Tropical Storm Karen to Strike Upper Gulf Coast

Anyone in New Orleans, and anyone else in the path of Karen, needs to prepare now..

Tropical Storm Karen to Strike Upper Gulf Coast

Various weather models on Karen’s path..

Karen may be a little larger than some think..

A ship reported 23-foot waves & 53 mph sustained winds west of Tropical Storm Karen at 2 PM.. according to forecasters, this could be associated with the large outflow boundary moving out from the storm though..

We are told it will weaken as it approaches land..

we are told..

The government may be shut down, but there are still observations being reported here: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/radial_search.php?storm=at2

And this is the map of where the wave was reported:

Karen’s track..

This is the storm soon to be known as Karen..

Looks like this will soon be Karen..