Tag Archives: National Hurricane Center

Rina becomes a hurricane

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

I said yesterday to keep an eye on this storm, and now it has grown into a hurricane rather quickly. The big question is whether or not it reforms after passing over the Yucatan peninsula. If it does, we’ll have … Continue reading →

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Keep an eye on Tropical storm Rina

Posted on October 23, 2011 by
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Hurricane Katia now category 4 3 2  1

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Katia, after dropping into tropical storm speeds has regained hurricane strength and has rapidly grown to a Category 4 hurricane. Fortunately, it appears it will miss the USA east coast. Here’s the latest tracks and bulletins: Track:

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NHC issues final bulletin on Irene

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

BULLETIN POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER  35 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092011 1100 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 …IRENE BECOMES POST-TROPICAL NEAR THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER… SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT…0300 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…45.3N 71.3W ABOUT 50 MI…80 … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Irene 2011 – now tropical storm with 50 mph winds

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

At noon 8/28/11 PST, I’ve discontinued this thread as a “top post” on WUWT. NOTE: New posts will appear below this one while Irene is in play. UPDATE: at 5PM EST 8/28 Irene is a tropical storm with sustained winds … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Irene TV news reports – a bridge too far?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

I just got done watching about 30 minutes of the special “Hurricane Irene Information” Channel 259 on DirecTV where they are carrying live reports from ABC7 out of New York City. I’ve watched many TV channels tonight like it. I … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Fatalities, 1900–2010: Context in these Stormy Times

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Guest post  by Indur M. Goklany Despite the press given to hurricanes on the dangers they pose to life and limb, in the larger scheme of things, their contribution to U.S. mortality (less than 0.01% on average each year) verges … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Irene Time Lapse Movie

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

48 hours of imagery from the GOES 13 satellite in one movie sequence. Shows development and strengthening over the path. The animation includes sped up infrared and visible frames of data from the GOES-13 satellite and is squeezed down to … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t subscribe to Scientific American any more

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

It is because of beyond stupid fear mongering like this: Are Category 6 Hurricanes coming soon? Really? Lest people think this is some sort of “new” fear, I’ll remind them of this from 1969, well before CO2 was bogusly posited … Continue reading →

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Imaging Hurricane Irene

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

From the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center TRMM gets a look at Irene, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has been busy measuring rainfall within Hurricane Irene, and forecasts call for between 5 and … Continue reading →

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Dora almost explores Category 5 – in the Eastern Pacific

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Update:  4AM 7/22/2011:  Hurricane Dora nearly made it to Category 5 peaking at 135 knots maximum sustained winds.  Perhaps in the post-season reanalysis, the storm will be upgraded.  But, what’s more spectacular than it’s rapid intensification?  Dora has spectacularly weakened … Continue reading →

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Arlene – first tropical storm of the 2011 Hurricane season

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

First tropical storm of the 2011 Hurricane season, formed 28 days after the season started on June 1st. See it below. So far, rather disorganized. BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ARLENE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL012011 … Continue reading →

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Tropical Storm Beatriz – the six hour “shorty”

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

50 years ago, we’d never have counted this as a tropical storm. As outlined recently in New peer reviewed study: Surge in North Atlantic hurricanes due to better detectors, not climate change, its the technology that enables counting storms that would … Continue reading →

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Hurricane season starts today

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

From NASA Goddard- Atlantic hurricane season sticks to the calendar: System 93L NOTE: I’ve posted the most current image below, the system has already crossed the Florida peninsula and is now in the Gulf of Mexico – Anthony Hurricane season … Continue reading →

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How a leftover from the cold war turned into a weather and climate tool

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

This trapezoid shaped clearing in Modoc county, CA, has an interesting purpose. See image below:

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A new “low” for desperation ?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Wow this merits a NOAA press release, there’s a low in the Atlantic! GOES-13 sees an extraordinarily early Atlantic low in the tropics Hurricane season doesn’t start in the Northern Atlantic Ocean until June 1, but a low pressure system … Continue reading →

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Visualizing the entire 2010 Atlantic hurricane season in one image

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

The photo below is a stunning and novel piece of imagery and I commend NOAA’s Environmental Visualization Laboratory for this nicely done graphic. If they had done it last year, Al Gore would not have had to Photoshop in some … Continue reading →

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