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NASA: 10 year major hurricane drought for U.S. continues
Hurricane season started June 1st, and with it an unprecedented 10 year long drought of U.S. landfalling hurricanes that are Category 3 or higher. Bonnie, the second tropical storm of…
Surprise: Hurricanes create carbon sequestion – exceed carbon emissions by American vehicles each year
Hurricanes key to carbon uptake by forests Increases in carbon uptake by southeast US forests in response to tropical cyclone activity alone exceed carbon emissions by American vehicles each year…
Formation of an unusual off-season North Atlantic Hurricane
From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER: The low pressure area known as System 90L developed rapidly since Jan. 13 and became Hurricane Alex on Jan. 14. Several satellites and instruments captured…
Al Gore and the media were wrong: U.S. Major Hurricane Drought Now One Decade and Counting
As of today, October 24th, it has been 3652 days (including leap years) or a decade (10 years) since the US has been hit by a Category 3 or greater…
It's the peak of the hurricane season, and guess what…
There are no tropical storm, depressions, or hurricanes anywhere on Earth. Guest essay by Dr. Richard Keen Today is the normal peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season, Source: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/images/peakofseason.gif So far,…
Klotzbach and Gray say hurricane trend fizzling; Meanwhile Fred is fading
So far this year several storms have come to life in the Atlantic, and then fade as wind shear tears them apart. A newly published study by Klotzbach, Gray, and…
Ten years after Katrina: let’s learn from those predictions of more & bigger hurricanes
Guest essay by Larry Kummer. Editor, Fabius Maximus Summary — Most 10-year anniversary articles about Katrina omit one chapter of that sad story: its exploitation by climate activists. They predicted…
Two Cape Verde lows following path of hurricane Danny may develop into tropical storms
From NASA Goddard: Danny has become a degenerate, that is, the tropical depression weakened. Satellite and Hurricane Hunter aircraft data showed that Danny degenerated into an elongated area of low…
Hurricane expert: 10 years after Katrina, North Atlantic hurricane activity well below normal
Noted hurricane expert Dr. Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University has had some interesting discussion and stats on his Twitter feed, for example: 10 years ago today, TD 10’s remnants brewed…
Better late than never: Danny is first Atlantic hurricane of the season
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Atlantic Ocean as Tropical Storm Danny intensified into the season’s first hurricane. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, instrument that flies aboard NASA’s…
Satellite analysis of Super Typhoon Soudelor moving toward Taiwan
From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Heavy rain, towering thunderstorms, and a large area are things that NASA satellites observed as Typhoon Soudelor moves toward Taiwan on August 5, 2015. A…
New study asks: More tropical cyclones in a cooler climate?
With historical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season just weeks away, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is preparing its updated outlook for the remainder of the season to be released today…
Super typhoon Soudelor reaches Cat5
NASA’s Aqua satellite and RapidScat instrument analyzed Super typhoon Soudelor’s extent and winds as it reached Category Five typhoon status on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. RapidScat is a NASA instrument…
Models need to include ocean upwelling-downwelling responses to improve hurricane forecasts
From the UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE Study offers new insights on hurricane intensity, pollution transport Researchers study currents that fuel hurricanes and transport pollutants…
NOAA Forecast: A below-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season is likely this year
Hurricane forecasting evolving with new storm surge products, upgraded modeling NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal, but that’s no reason to believe…
Is NASA praying for a major U.S. Hurricane?
From NASA Goddard, video follows. It seems that when you don’t delve into the meteorological factors, “luck” seems to be the only explanation. In discussing this paper with hurricane expert…
Florida and Carolinas may see its first hurricane of the season – before hurricane season starts
From NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Tropical disturbance in the North Atlantic likely to develop Although the non-tropical low pressure system in the North Atlantic has moved little during the past…
Experts: Hurricane activity at 45 year low, USA major hurricane drought almost a decade
While climate campaigners hope for a big El Nino this year, and wish for more hurricanes to use for ridiculous “poisoned weather” headlines, the reality is that we are in…
Claim: East coast 'Monster hurricanes' linked to previous warm periods, current data suggests otherwise
A new press release from AGU, suggests past data shows this to be true, but Dr. Philip Klotzbach suggests this graph of current data and notes: “Florida Peninsula and East…
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