In April 2006, a Boeing Delta II rocket launched CloudSat, along with a second satellite, CALIPSO, into space on two- and three-year missions to study the world’s clouds and a mix of…
Category: hurricanes
Forecasters: #HurricaneFlorence to get energy boost from the Gulf Stream
As millions of people along the Atlantic Coast of the United States board up windows and evacuate before Hurricane Florence makes landfall, remote sensing researchers and forecasters are monitoring the environmental conditions fueling the…
Stunning video closeup of the eye of #HurricaneFlorence
The GOES-16 satellite has been producing stunning imagery every since it made orbit. Today is no exception. Here is a closeup view of the eye of Hurricane Florence as it…
Peak tropical storm year – 2005 – all downhill from there
From the BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES and the “hurricane drought started in 2005” department comes this curios study that throws some cold ocean water on any claims made by warmists…
#HurricaneLane drops to Tropical storm status, dissipating
UPDATE 8PM PDT Lane is now a Tropical Storm, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. As of 5 PM HST, Tropical Storm Lane was located 150 miles south of…
#HurricaneLane taking aim on Hawaii, downgraded to Cat3, turning NW
UPDATES AND LIVE CAM LINK FOLLOWS The battle of the weather forecast computer models is about to be waged. Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. writes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogerAPielkeSr/status/1032587280404242432 He adds: If…
Latest Track Forecast suggests Hawaii dodges #HurricaneLane bullet
I’ve been watching this on my own analysis system, and I’ve noted that while ensemble model forecast tracks are literally “all over the map” the official forecast seems to suggest…
NOAA forecasters lower Atlantic hurricane season prediction
Conditions in the ocean and the atmosphere are conspiring to produce a less active Atlantic hurricane season than initially predicted in May, though NOAA and FEMA are raising caution as…
Back to the hurricane drought? Forecast: Below-average hurricane activity in 2018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA says this year is among the lowest of all published hurricane forecasts Hurricane season didn’t officially start until June 1, but Subtropical Storm Alberto made an appearance…
Claim: Hurricanes are slowing down, and that’s bad news
From the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON and the “yes but we need Category 6 now due to violently increased wind speeds” department comes this gloom and doom study. MADISON, Wis. — Some…
Latest Forecast for the Atlantic Hurricane Season
Brief Note by Kip Hansen Phillip Klotzbach and Michael Bell, who continue the invaluable work of the late William M. Gray, at the Department of Atmospheric Science of Colorado…
Claim with a question mark: Hurricanes: Stronger, slower, wetter in the future?
From the NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION and the “could have, would have, and may lexicon, but at least they used a question mark in the title” comes this press release. New analysis…
Sorry alarmists: Hurricanes are developing more quickly today than 30 years ago due to the Atlantic ocean cycle
Pierre Gosselin writes: Here’s something you don’t witness very often…German national public radio telling listeners that natural factors are behind observed changes in something related to climate. I can’t tell…
Topsy-turvy climate science: 'Global Warming Hiatus' blamed for more intense hurricanes
From the UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA and the “but. but, warming is the cause of more intense hurricanes” comes this interesting study. La Niña-like ocean cooling patterns intensify northwestern Pacific…
A new paper about hurricanes shatters the narrative
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: A new paper provides new information about hurricanes, one of the top natural disaster threats. It shatters the media’s narrative and…
Claim: Climate change made Harvey rainfall 15 percent more intense
From RICE UNIVERSITY World Weather Attribution study: Climate change made Harvey 3 times more likely A team of scientists from World Weather Attribution, including researchers from Rice University and other institutions…
Study: a ‘statistically significant downward trend since 1950 exists’ in hurricane landfalls
This is going to rattle some cages, while at the same time vindicating Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. A new study in Geophysical research Letters studies hurricane activity in the Atlantic…
Atlantic hurricane season ended today – the summary
Investments in forecasting and research yield more accurate predictions Today marks the official end of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which matched NOAA’s seasonal predictions for being extremely active. The…
NASA follows extra-Tropical Cyclone Lan speeding through northern Japan
From the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Now an extra-tropical cyclone over northern Japan, Lan was a typhoon when it made landfall just south of Tokyo over the weekend of Oct.…
Intensifying Typhoon Lan threatens Japan – but may miss mainland
Dr. Ryan Maue, now of weather.us has been tracking Typhoon Lan, which is predicted to become a “super” typhoon in the next two days. Here in a recent model output…
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