Fifty-one years ago a Category Five hurricane moved ashore along the Mississippi coast and changed thousands of lives forever. But the story of Camille didn’t stop at the coast. The storm moved through parts of…
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Ask NASA: Improving hurricane forecasts from space
NASA – yeah, NASA – has a hand in improving hurricane forecasts every year. Not directly, as that is left to the smart meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center, but indirectly through access to new…
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7/28/20 Tropical Update – PTC9 / Isaias organizing, moving toward Puerto Rico
The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. The storm is likely going to be named Isaias in the coming days. It isn’t forecast to be near Florida and the Bahamas until…
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WX Info: The MJO, Kelvin Waves and Hurricane Season
On the air last night, I mentioned a Kelvin Wave. Your browser does not support the video tag. These things are pretty cool. And pretty important when it comes to forecasting during hurricane season. The…
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Video: NHC breaks down the Forecast Cone and how to use it
The National Hurricane Center made a great – quick – video discussing what the Forecast Cone is made for, how to use it, and where it isn’t very useful at all. Take a look!
NHC notes two areas of interest in tropical Atlantic
10:00AM UPDATE: Satellite imagery and recent satellite wind data indicate that the low pressure system located about midway between the west coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles continues to get better organized. If current…
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Invest98L shows better chance for development during next few days
The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor a cluster of storms in/near the Gulf of Mexico for development in the coming days as the center of the cluster drifts northeast and into the Atlantic. This…
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6/7/20 10AM update: Tropical Storm Cristobal
Cristobal continues to move toward Louisiana. Now located about 90 miles from New Orleans, projected to make landfall between 4pm and 7pm tonight. Cristobal will be a Tropical Storm at landfall, barring some incredible last-minute…
6/6/20 Tropical Storm Cristobal update: Still moving north, landfall Sunday night
The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Tropical Storm Cristobal as it moves north toward the Louisiana coastline. The forecast landfall will occur Sunday afternoon or evening. It is predicted to make landfall as a…
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Tropical Storm Cristobal to make U-turn, head north
Tropical Storm Cristobal is deep in the southern Gulf of Mexico. In fact, the National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Hunters found that Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall near Atasta, Mexico, just to the west…
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