Even though the Atlantic has been unusually quiet for the last month, overnight they lurched back to life with the development of Subtropical Storm Wanda way out in the Atlantic. Wanda is predicted to gradually gain tropical characteristics over the next day or two and may become a tropical storm…
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Here’s a great video that describes the extremes we have had this past year by Jeff Masters, who was previously with Weather Underground and is now a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections. He does a great job describing severe weather events around the world in the past year in this…
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(UPDATE: New map as of 10:30 pm) I’ve been getting a few questions about how quiet the tropics are right now and whether we are done with the tropical season for this year. Here is the answer from Bryan Norcross, a television meteorologist from Miami with many years of experience…
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The last few years have brought many tropical storms and hurricanes to the Southeast. This week marks the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Matthew, which dropped heavy rains on the East Coast, especially eastern North and South Carolina. The damage to agriculture, infrastructure, and housing from the wind and rain was…
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If you follow tropical weather at all, you are probably not surprised to know that the number of landfalling hurricanes and tropical storms we have had the last few years has been very high, and of course we have had to deal with the impacts of those storms, ranging from…
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Estimating damage following a major hurricane can be difficult, as many extension agents in the Southeast know after the spate of hurricanes and tropical storms that have traveled across the region in the last five years or so. Here is a story from Morning Ag Clips that describes preliminary agricultural…
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The latest 5-day Atlantic forecast notes two new areas of likely development over the next five days. These two waves are at lower latitudes than Hurricane Sam, which means they are more likely to reach the Southeast than other waves that develop at higher latitudes. But there is a long…
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