The 2017 Hurricane Season isn’t done yet. To quote Jay-Z it “is back before we had a chance to miss [it],” though I don’t know if any of us would “miss” hurricane season. Anyway! Newly…
Category: Tropics
Facebook Live: 10/2/17 Tropical Discussion
Good evening, everyone. Here is the 26 minute discussion about what is happening in the tropics. I know a lot of you are going to hear a lot about two areas of interest, the Central…
Hurricane Maria, now Category 5 storm, hits Dominica head on
The title says it all: Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5 storm. It made its first landfall on the small island of Dominica at 9:15pm local time. At that time, the estimated sustained wind…
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2am Irma hype-free update: Discussing forecast shift & downstream changes
Irma is a Category Five hurricane. It has wind speeds of 160mph. The storm is nearly 500 miles from west to east. It is moving to the west at 14mph. That movement though, isn’t as…
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Overnight Hurricane Irma update for South Mississippi in two words: Don’t stress
Hurricane Irma continues on its trek WNW at about 15 to 20mph. The forecast cone shift west late Thursday night. Understandably, for some, it brought a renewed sense of anxiety. Here is why that heightened…
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10am no-hype Hurricane Irma update, including pictures and video from Caribbean
Irma is still a major Hurricane. Wind speeds at 185mph put it as a Category 5 storm. It continues to move west-northwest at 15mph. Here is the latest Satellite image of Irma, thanks to the…
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Hurricane Irma 8pm quick model update
Here is a quick look at the spaghetti model data and intensity model data from Tropical Tidbits. It is interesting to see the general shift in the track to the north and to the east.…
Hurricane Irma no-hype update: 5PM, September 5th, 2017
Hurricane Irma is still moving west at 15mph across the Atlantic. It now has wind speeds at 185mph. That makes it a Category 5 storm. This is how it looks on the GOES-16 satellite: #Irma…
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VIDEO: Proof Hurricane Hunters are awesome
The Hurricane Hunters strapped a Go Pro style camera to the window inside the WP-3D Orion for a trek inside Irma. Take a look at the video… Ride along with WP-3D Orion #NOAA42 for the…
Building a Hurricane Preparedness Kit
Being prepared for the next hurricane is an important step in making it through the disaster with as little stress as possible. The National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama has a great couple of pages…
