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Hurricane Sandy, often referred to as ‘Superstorm Sandy’, defied the hurricane norms with its unusual path, vast size, and devastating effects on the northeast U.S. Why was this storm, which transitioned from a Category 1…
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Happy Friday, everyone! Now that hurricane season has begun, it is important to properly understand how the “cone of uncertainty” works by the National Hurricane Center. I was reading through this article that I thought…
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There has been a lot of buzz around ChatGPT lately. Itr is a new kind of AI that tries to piece together responses based on a new type of machine learning (for lack of a…
Do you like a forecast that says, “There is a chance for life-threatening storm surge and your home may be inundated by floodwaters and you may not survive” or a forecast that says, “There is…
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In a recent paper published in the Geosolar Connections Journal, researchers found a link between the number of “AA” batteries and whether or not an site was affected by tornadoes. This was an international collaboration…
The National Hurricane Center analysis of Hurricane Zeta during the past few months has led them to the conclusion that Hurricane Zeta was – in fact – a Major Hurricane at landfall. In a complete…
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For a vast majority of Americans, at this very moment, it means almost nothing. And yet, it is also important. A brief reminder that I am not a doctor. Nor can I claim to be…
On March 30th, 2021, there was a unique atmospheric setup across parts of south Mississippi. This type of severe weather event doesn’t come along often, but when it does, it makes a very tricky situation…
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I’m no Herbert Saffir or Robert Simpson, but I do like thinking outside the box and challenging myself with trying to find order in chaos. Truly, I think that is why I love meteorology so…
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There is another threat for severe weather coming up this next week, but so far deterministic model guidance has been slow to develop any specific outcomes that feature a potent severe weather setup while the…
