On the way back from the National Weather Association Annual meeting, the plane I was in flew by a few thunderstorms. I got lucky enough to take a video of the storm as we cruised…
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Revisiting the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard with Matt Lanza
Matt Lanza, a meteorologist for an energy company in Houston, spent some time earlier this year researching the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard. It was a widespread winter weather outbreak across the Gulf Coast region around…
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Rick Smith helps those with Severe Weather Anxiety
Rick Smith, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Norman, Oklahoma National Weather Service office is doing great things to help those that are struggling with Severe Weather Anxiety. In the clinical world, sometimes this is…
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Research shows connection between Gulf temps and severe weather
Matt Haworth, meteorologist for StormGeo, presented research connecting Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures to severe weather potential along the Gulf Coast. “Basically I expanded on a study done by Roger Edwards and Steven Weiss…
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Catching up with the Jackson NWS at NWAS17
I had the opportunity to meet with the Jackson Mississippi National Weather Service at the National Weather Association 2017 Annual Conference. They were here presenting local research on severe weather. Here is a quick couple…
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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But, Katrina
2022 UPDATE: I’ve added the video below from the 15 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to add extra evidence tot eh proverbial ‘pile’ of data. 2017 ORIGINAL:It is something I’ve heard countless times during my…
Hurricane Irma no-hype 10am Update: Forecast, modeling and comics included
Hurricane Irma continues to straddle Cuba. Maximum sustained winds are near 125 mph with higher gusts, making Irma a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The storm is forecast to restrengthen once…
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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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