Category Archives: hurricanes

The hybridization of hurricane Sandy

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

by Bob Henson, NCAR News with contributions from Dr. Ryan Maue Every so often, a quiet corner of research suddenly grabs the spotlight. Such was the case this week when a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane morphed into Superstorm Sandy (note- … Continue reading →

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Frankenstorm-itis: Five degrees of Separation from Reality and Eleventy Gazillion Joules Under the Sea

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton This is a sort of sequel to my most recent guest post.   Any and all sarcasm is purely intentional. I ran across this really bizarre blog post from “The Energy Collective” on Real Clear Energy… … Continue reading →

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Next time somebody tries to tell you hurricane Sandy was an “unprecedented” East Coast hurricane, show them this

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

All one need to do to explode the memes that paid political activists Bill McKibben and Brad Johnson are pushing is to look at a history book. In this case, WeatherBELL’s Joe Bastardi points us to NOAA’s National Hurricane Center … Continue reading →

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A Reply to Hurricane Sandy Alarmists

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

A suggestion the Great Gale of 1821 was worse than Hurricane Sandy, and Alarmists are wrong to suggest otherwise. Guest post by Caleb Shaw While I am often humbled, when it comes to predicting the weather, I did correctly predict … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Sandy’s ‘Unprecedented’ Storm Surge

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton Funny thing… Hurricane Sandy’s unprecedented storm surge was likely surpassed in the New England hurricanes of 1635 and 1638. From 1635 through 1954, New England was hit by at least five hurricanes producing greater than … Continue reading →

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Pielke Jr. on Hurricane Sandy – ‘not the new normal’

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Dr. Roger Pielke, Jr. has authored an excellent essay in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that put the kibosh on the “new normal” meme seen here . As Pielke clearly shows, hurricanes like Sandy are not the “new normal” and the data tells … Continue reading →

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Spooky: A nighttime view of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

You’ve seen those photographs from space of the Earth at night with cities lit up like Christmas trees. Imagine that scene with a hurricane added.

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Poll: Was Hurricane Sandy Caused by Global Warming?

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

US News and World Report is running a poll on whether or not Hurricane Sandy was caused by global warming.  Here is the poll results currently:

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Tropical Storm Sandy

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach As at 2 PM Pacific time, here’s the current position of Sandy and the projected path. SOURCE: National Data Buoy Center I had said a couple of days ago, when Sandy was a hurricane, that … Continue reading →

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Latest super high resolution image of Hurricane Sandy

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

UPDATE: 7:40PM EST  …SANDY BECOMES POST-TROPICAL… …CENTER EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO… Updated graphic from NHC: As I mentioned yesterday, GOES-14 has been brought back into service to image Hurricane Sandy, and the image below … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Sandy is making the turn towards the North

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Below, you’ll find the latest update from NHC (as of this writing plus an animation from Dr. Ryan Maue that shows the details of the projected path and the meteorological variables as Sandy progresses.

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Stunning super high res image of Hurricane Sandy – plus forecast of a large storm surge

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

UPDATE: The NWS in Mt. Holly NJ has put out an extraordinary statement, dropping the typical “gov speak” and pleading to people in direct language. See below. GOES-14 has been brought into service again on October 25th, 2012 for SRSOR … Continue reading →

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Brad Johnson’s ‘Frankenstorm’ malfeasance masquerading as idiocy

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

Harsh headline, I know, but when you read what former Climate Progress propagandist Brad Johnson of the TV weathercaster pressure group “Forecast the Facts” has sent out in a press release late Friday regarding hurricane Sandy, you can only be … Continue reading →

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Even NASA has gotten into the “Frankenstorm” meme

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

From NASA’s PR engine: NASA Sees Hurricane Sandy as the “Bride of Frankenstorm” Approaching U.S. East Coast NASA’s TRMM satellite revealed Hurricane Sandy’s heavy rainfall and the storm is expected to couple with a powerful cold front and Arctic air … Continue reading →

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NOAA and FEMA gearing up for Sandy

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATED: Media Briefing: FEMA & NOAA to discuss preparations for Hurricane Sandy and potential storm impacts Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and NOAA’s National Weather Service are actively tracking Hurricane Sandy as it continues moving northward over … Continue reading →

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Let’s hope this forecast for Hurricane Sandy is wrong

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

This model run (ECMWF) has Hurricane Sandy making a near bulls-eye on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with some impact on Norfolk, Washington, and Baltimore. It has some (but not all) of the components of the devastating 1954 Hurricane … Continue reading →

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Dueling papers on Tropical Cyclone Frequency

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

Who to believe? One paper/press release says TC’s are occurring more frequently, another says they aren’t. I tend to believe the latter, because there seems to be more supporting data from other sources for it, such as Dr. Ryan Maue’s … Continue reading →

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Dr. Ryan Maue releases new hurricane frequency data showing a negative trend in the last 30 years

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue has released the latest hurricane frequency data updated through September 2012 showing a continuation of depressed global major hurricane numbers. He announced on Twitter today: Still going down, global major hurricane numbers during last 12-months: 15 … Continue reading →

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The tropical storm that just won’t die comes to life again

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

I’ll bet the next AGW claim we’ll see will be “tropical storms last longer”. NASA Sees Stubborn Nadine Intensify into a Hurricane Again Infrared data from NASA’s Aqua satellite today, Sept. 28, revealed strong convection and thunderstorms have built up … Continue reading →

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Increased tropical rainfall – seems like a negative feedback to me…

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

From MIT via press release, bear in mind this is just more model output based on estimates from observations. That said, thunderstorms and hurricanes are simply heat engines, and they transport heat from the lower atmosphere to the higher atmosphere. … Continue reading →

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