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Introduction Hello, and welcome back to my third and final research project this summer! For my previous two research projects, I covered topics related to drought and dry soil, so I thought I would switch…
Read more of A Review of Historic Deep South Flash Flood Events
28 named storms. 15 hurricanes. 7 major hurricanes. More than $160 billion in U.S. damage. And so many storms that forecasters ran out of names. But those numbers only begin to tell the story of…
Read more of Understanding 2005: An Analysis of One of the Most Extreme Atlantic Hurricane Seasons
Howdy everyone, thank you for taking the time to read my third and final research project! This one I am super excited about because this weather event is what initially got me into meteorology. I…
Read more of The Historic 2013 El Reno, OK Tornado – Widest Tornado in Recorded History
What Are Derechos? In the weather world, derechos are fast-moving bands of thunderstorms with destructive winds. The winds can be as strong as those found in hurricanes and tornadoes! To be classified as a derecho,…
If you have ever complained that the weather forecast is wrong, you are not alone. People depend on accurate forecasts every day to decide what to wear, what to do, and how the rest of…
Read more of The Evolution of Weather Forecasting: Why We Still Get It Wrong
Introduction Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read my second research project this summer! This time, I decided to do something more analytical compared to my last project and compare how forecasted high…
Howdy! Thank you for taking the time to read my second research project. For this one, I started looking into it last year for a project I did in school and thought I would expand…
Read more of Climate change impacts on Atmospheric Rivers and Antarctica – Research Project 2
It really was. In 1969, hurricane forecasting relied heavily on weather satellites that were still relatively new, planes flying into storms, ship reports, hand-drawn maps, and computers less powerful than what’s in a modern microwave.…
Read more of Forecasting hurricanes in 1969 was quite a feat
What Made Hurricane Sandy Stand Out? Hurricane Sandy, also known as Superstorm Sandy, made landfall in the United States as a post-tropical cyclone near Atlantic City, New Jersey on October 29th, 2012. It was estimated…
Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane on September 26, 2024. As usual, most people expected the greatest impacts to be near the coast from storm surge and…
Read more of Why Was Hurricane Helene Catastrophically Worse Inland Than It Was On The Coast?
