[10:10am PDT Oct. 14]T.S. #Trudy is located 325nm S of #Acapulco with max. winds of 50 kt and moving WNW at 11kt. Seas 12 ft or greater extend out to 90 nm in the NE quadrant with peak seas to 20ft. Trudy is forecast to become a hurricane tonight. https://t.co/kgamZAPiKC
HAPPENING NOW: Tropical Storm Edouard is pushing ashore near the border of Texas and Louisiana. Meteorologist Paul Goodloe reports live from Port Arthur, Texas, as winds and rain intensify.
Tropical Storm #Edouard makes landfall near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, at 2:20 PM CDT with estimated maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and minimum pressure of 996 mb (29.41 in Hg).
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Tropical Storm #Edouard Advisory 4A (7 AM CDT, Tue Sep 1): Air Force Hurricane Hunters Investigating Edouard. Significant Strengthening is Forecast Before Edouard Reaches the Northwestern Gulf Coast Later Today. https://t.co/GrztW6mQJV
The latest Tropical Atlantic Marine Weather briefing is now available at: https://t.co/UjSVnSz4sy
The remnants of Arthur have a low chance of re-development in the W Atlantic. Strong ridge will bring strong winds & rough seas off Colombia.
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PSYCHOLOGY TRICKS THAT ARE BEING USED ON YOU RIGHT NOW:
1. Restaurants put a very expensive dish at the top of the menu so the second most expensive item directly below it suddenly feels like the sensible choice.
2. Online stores show "only 3 left in stock" even when the warehouse holds thousands because scarcity triggers a fear that makes logic temporarily unavailable.
3. Negotiators always ask for more than they want because your counter offer anchors to their number and they end up exactly where they planned from the start.
4. Real estate agents always show you a bad property first so the second one feels significantly better regardless of whether it actually is or not.
5. Doctors write in illegible handwriting and research shows patients rate confident illegible doctors as more competent than clear ones without knowing why.
6. Luxury brands deliberately keep their stores minimalist and sparse because empty space signals that each item is too valuable to compete for your attention.
7. Job listings use words like "competitive salary" which means the number exists but they want you committed emotionally before it becomes the conversation.
8. Political campaigns repeat simple phrases constantly because the brain mistakes familiarity for truth and what sounds known starts to feel like fact.
9. Fitness brands show transformation photos in specific lighting with the before photo slouched in bad light and the after photo standing tall in perfect conditions.
10. Museums put their gift shop at the exit so you pass through it emotionally full from the experience and far more likely to spend on something to remember it by.
11. Waiters repeat your order back to you slowly and deliberately because studies show this simple act alone increases the tip left by a measurable and consistent percentage.
12. Salespeople use your first name repeatedly during a pitch because the brain registers its own name as a signal of personal relevance and drops its guard accordingly.
13. Charities place a small free gift inside the donation envelope because receiving something first triggers an obligation so powerful that rejection rates drop dramatically.
Dangerously cold temperatures continue across the eastern half of the country. In some places this could be the longest duration of cold in several decades.
Tropical Storm #Melissa Advisory 5A: Melissa Remains Disorganized and Jogging Slowly Westward. Heavy Rainfall and Flooding Expected Over Portions of Hispaniola And Jamaica Over the Remainder of This Week. https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb
Tropical Storm #Jerry Advisory 10A: Jerry Passing Just East of Barbuda This Evening. Tropical Storm Warnings Remain in Effect For Portions of the Northern Leeward Islands. https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb
Tropical Storm #Jerry Advisory 8: Tropical Storm Conditions Possible Later Today Into Friday On Portions of the Northern Leeward Islands as Jerry Passes Nearby. Noaa and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters to Investigate The Storm This Morning. https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb
9/1/2025: Tropical Storm Kiko is strengthening in the tropical eastern Pacific W of 125W, with maximum winds now at 50 kt and seas over 12 ft. Kiko is forecast to become a hurricane tonight, with seas increasing to over 20 ft. See https://t.co/yyximvs0dy for the marine forecast.