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Looking at the latest data regarding the forecast for the tropics during the next few weeks, and things may start to get a bit more active. Not tons active, but more active. And “more” active…
Read more of Tropics remain on “pause” for now, but not forever
Tropical Storm Elsa is, well, a Tropical Storm… again. After a brief existence as a Hurricane, the system has moved into a less-favorable environment and weakened back to a Tropical Storm. The Hurricane Hunters have…
Read more of 7/3/21 130PM Tropical Update: Tropical Storm Elsa
No. Thankfully. Okay, not totally “No” but it doesn’t really work like a lot of us would commonly think. Tropical Cyclones, or tropical storms / hurricanes as we usually call them in the Atlantic, don’t…
Read more of Wx Info: Can two tropical cyclones combine and merge into one Super Hurricane?
I’m going to start with some EPMD, “Never Seen Before” because “I’m back with the flyest material” of a snippet of Satellite imagery showing a subtropical system off the coast of Uruguay in South America.…
Read more of 6/29/21 Tropical Update: Double-barrel Invest action – 95L & 97L – in the Atlantic
During a landfalling tropical system – Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, or Hurricane – it is important to know which quadrant of the storm you are going to be impacted by.
It is a great question. And one you’re smart to ask! As a meteorologist who is all about public education, it makes me feel good to know that you are asking the right question. You…
Read more of The PTC has wind greater than 39mph, why isn’t it a Tropical Storm?
The latest from the National Hurricane Center is out this morning and there has been a slight shift in the impacts toward the east. No much, but slight enough that some of the folks closer…
Interesting to see that the National Hurricane Center hasn’t issued any products designating Invest 92L as “Potential Tropical Cyclone One” yet. I’m sure there is a good reason, but we are definitely within the timeframe…
Read more of South Mississippi Forecast 6/17/21: No PTC yet as Invest 92L continues to organize
Some of the new 00z data is coming down and I wanted ot make a quick post just to shovel out some data and add some context to it since I know it is about…
Despite how easy it looks, making a hurricane is actually pretty difficult to do. There are dozens of African Easterly Waves (we usually just call these “Tropical Waves”) that traverse the Atlantic Ocean every season,…
