While 2020 was responsible for a lot of very bad things, it looks like something that 2020 did was actually “good” in hindsight. The busy 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season forced the World Meteorological Organization to…
Category: Tropics
NHC to issue Tropical Outlooks two weeks earlier
The National Hurricane Center announced March 2, 2021 that Tropical Weather Outlooks will now begin on May 15th for the Atlantic Hurricane season. From the NHC: Public Information Statement NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL…
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Less than 100 days until Hurricane Season
While it feels like the 2020 Hurricane Marathon…err, I mean… Season just finished. we are about three months away from the start of the 2021 Hurricane Season. The National Hurricane Center tweeted out the reminder…
Attempting to develop new Tropical ‘Threats’ Scale
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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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An exaggerated example of an unnerving trend
As we get toward the end of a long – and I mean LONG – Atlantic Hurricane Season, I wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on the trend we are seeing in the…
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Tropical Storm Eta still pegged to turn, drift toward northern Gulf Coast
I think it is a funny coincidence that the one tropical system with the name that is an acronym for “estimated time of arrival” is the tropical system that is taking the most indirect path…
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11/9/20 PM Update: Tropical Storm Eta to turn, drift north toward northern Gulf Coast by weekend
It is an ugly, small, and not very angry storm. But that doesn’t mean it won’t cause problems. Just ask Florida. Tropical Storm Eta is in the Gulf trying to reorganize itself in the face…
11/5/20 Eta update: Since we are all getting good at waiting…
Who is with me? A vote for dissipation is a vote for sanity! I’m being told, ‘that isn’t how any of this works, Nick’ Drat. Well, then, let’s get right to the update… From the…
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11/4/20 Update: Eta forecast to slither its way north into Gulf
Eta is a shell of its former self, however it is still dropping copious amounts of precipitation across Central America. Nicaragua and Honduras are still expecting another foot of water – maybe more – in…
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Hurricane Eta forecast to possibly enter Gulf by Sunday
This is one of those ‘worth watching, but don’t get concerned yet’ type of situations. Category 4 Hurricane Eta made landfall across the coast of Nicaragua today bringing heavy rain, wind gusts up to 185mph,…
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