8/26/19 2AM update: Tropical Storm Dorian

As the overnight data continues to trickle in, not much has changed in the short term with Dorian. But as we look toward the Labor Day weekend, the overall pattern is starting to look a…

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8/25/19 7PM Update: Tropical Storm Dorian

Since the tropics have been reasonably quiet all August, this quick burst of activity has a lot of people’s attention. This increase in activity isn’t unusual. Now that we are getting closer to September and…

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Hurricane speed debate highlights how the scientific community works

If tropical cyclones are – in general – slowing down, that could have some pretty dramatic impacts in the future. But the science isn’t settled. Let’s take a look… A quick preamble If you caught…

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2019 Hurricane Season Preview and Chat with NWS Mobile

I had a chance to sit down with Don Shepherd, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, AL. Don is a wealth of knowledge and was nice enough to give us a half-hour…

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8PM UPDATE: Tropical Storm Michael continues to strengthen, move north

Tropical Storm Michael is now forecast to be a Category Two hurricane as is moves ashore somewhere between Pensacola, Florida and Cedar Key, Florida Wednesday around midday. Impacts will be felt outside of the Cone…

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Down and Dirty details: Quick update on Invest91L development, possible threat to Gulf coast

*** 400PM UPDATE FROM NHC*** BULLETIN Potential Tropical Cyclone Fourteen Advisory Number 1 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142018 400 PM CDT Sat Oct 06 2018 …DISTURBANCE GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN…

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A quick breakdown of info on Invest 91L

Here is a quick breakdown regarding Invest 91L… WHAT: The National Hurricane Center has increased the chance of tropical development to 70% during the next two days (for more info on what “tropical development” means,…

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Hurricane Ivan in Review

I have one final project to submit here on the blog. I had to choose another local severe weather occurrence and explain the event while reviewing what happened and the data that was collected. Rather…

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