Marks the first hurricane of 2020
Update(9:05ET): Tropical Storm Hanna was upgraded to a hurricane on Saturday morning, making it the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said NOAA hurricane hunters and Doppler weather radars show the system has maximum sustained winds of 75mph, meeting the 74mph threshold of Category 1 hurricane status. The system is moving west at 9 mph, located about 100 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas.
AP News notes Hanna could produce life-threatening conditions for south Texas.
Hurricane Hanna’s Landfall Forecast
Several spaghetti models show Hurricane Hanna’s potential path after landfall.
The tropics are very active.
Meteorologist Ryan Maue tweeted Thursday there are even more disturbances that need to “be watched closely into next week.
