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Our Demon Haunted World

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/31/our-demon-haunted-world/

Published: October 31, 2026 11:46

TL;DR: trolls are among us polluting the online world. But sometimes even trolls have a point that should be answered, hopefully without resorting to becoming one, so here’s a couple of follow-ups on the SRS fire, which seems to have been nothing, despite…

Fire at the Savannah River Site

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/29/fire-at-the-savannah-river-site/

Published: October 29, 2026 13:28

There was a fire at the Savannah River Site, the big nuclear weapons research and production complex located near Augusta, GA. It started around 5pm, and an emergency was declared at 5:39pm last evening. The FAA also put up a temporary flight restriction.…

Monday morning coastal doomwatch

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/26/monday-morning-coastal-doomwatch/

Published: October 26, 2026 11:12

TL;DR: tides are running below forecast, so it looks like the stage at Ft. Pulaski should stay below 10.0 feet MLLW. That’s good news, while a few shallow areas might see water on Tybee, etc. US80 should hopefully stay open this morning …

Champi breaks up, Vance threatens Mexico, GA/SC coastal flood watch

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/24/champi-breaks-up-vance-threatens-mexico-ga-sc-coastal-flood-watch/

Published: October 24, 2026 13:14

TL;DR: coastal GA/SC are under a flood advisory, as well as rip current warnings. These will likely be changed to flood watches and warnings today, possibly through mid week. Note this is confined to areas adjacent to the marshes and coastline – it’s not a…

Some Local Doom to Watch …

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/23/some-local-doom-to-watch/

Published: October 23, 2026 15:37

The Frogmore Metroplex (Coastal Georgia and the South Carolina Lowcountry) are looking at some coastal hazards this weekend as strong onshore winds will be ganging up with high astronomical tides (full moon plus with a month of equinox). The local National…

Sort-of Tropical Storm Josephine, Champi Watch, Vance threatens Mexico

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/22/sort-of-tropical-storm-josephine-champi-watch-vance-threatens-mexico/

Published: October 22, 2026 11:37

Last night the National Hurricane Center (NHC) started advisories on Subtropical Storm Josephine, the nor’easter-like system just off the coast of the US. Here’s the TAOS(tm) impact map, based on their forecast: The reason for the advisories and tracking…

Supertyphoon Champi track dispute, Nor’easter update, 21 October 26

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/21/supertyphoon-champi-track-dispute-noreaster-update-21-october-26/

Published: October 21, 2026 09:55

Supertyphoon Champi at sunset over the West Pacific this morning is pretty spectacular … The huge storm is heading west at the moment, here’s the Joint Typhoon Warning Center track: The forecast is split. The primary global models all show a landfall on…

Northeastern Nor’easter, Supertyphoon Champi

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/20/northeastern-noreaster-supertyphoon-champi/

Published: October 20, 2026 12:34

NHC still has an orange blob of doom off the US coast … It now has an INVEST ID, AL932026, and the models are tracking it: For now it looks to stay offshore. As a reminder, the green line is climatology for reference – how storms there have historically…

What a cold front looks like …

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/18/what-a-cold-front-looks-like/

Published: October 18, 2026 13:56

Finally a real cold front has brought seriously cooler temps to the region … left is visual band, right is mid-level water vapor. Browns are very dry (click to embiggen): Temperatures dived yesterday. Here is a plot of the last four days, black is this…

Simon and Trudy: Steering the storms

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/15/simon-and-trudy-steering-the-storms/

Published: October 15, 2026 11:18

Interesting tracks for two East Pacific storms. You may recall last week it looked like Hurricane Simon was on the verge of landfall near Guadalajara. Then it looked like Baja, and now it may be caught up in weak steering that will keep it offshore ……

Isaias Preliminary Tornado Survey for GA/SC

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/13/isaias-preliminary-tornado-survey-for-ga-sc/

Published: October 13, 2026 10:04

The Colombia and Charleston offices of the National Weather Service, who have the awesome responsibility for the Frogmore Metroplex (link to definition), issued their preliminary survey results for Isaias and documented five tornadoes: Here’s a link to the…

Catching up on all the doom

https://enkiops.org/2026/10/12/catching-up-on-all-the-doom/

Published: October 12, 2026 11:33

Doomwatch got overwhelmed this weekend, between Isaias, Simon, Rachel, the major earthquake in Panama, not to mention the rocket attacks by Ansar Allah on the Saudis, the ongoing Ukraine situation and the Diesel Deal (or not, probably not), and several…