Tropical weather
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With apologies to the readers who are not in the Southeast, another Matthew article. This one is from the Capital Weather Gang and lists all of the records that Matthew has broken so far in its life or may be about to break in the next few days. And today (Thursday the 6th) marks…
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Rather than write an update about Matthew myself, I am going to defer to the exhaustive discussion on Matthew provided by Jeff Masters in the Weather Underground blog here. Needless to say, this is probably going to be one of the defining weather moments of 2016 and for some people, for their lifetimes. One of…
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The USDA has issued a press release on Hurricane Matthew and its potential impacts on agriculture in the Southeast as well as resources that might be useful to producers. I have reproduced it below but you can also read it at https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/1695705. USDA Prepares for Hurricane Matthew USDA Office of Communications sent this bulletin at 10/05/2016…
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All eyes among my meteorologist friends as well as many others are on the tropics as Hurricane Matthew moves north through the Bahamas today headed towards the Southeast. If you live within 100 miles of the coast, I hope you have made preparations for the storm, which is likely to be the worst that most…
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Hurricane Matthew strengthened slightly as of 11 pm and the path of the store now takes it closer to the Atlantic coast in much of the Southeast. If you live in a coastal county along the Atlantic, you should make preparations now in case this devastating hurricane comes to your area. Here are some recommendations…
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Hurricanes sometimes go through a cycle where their eye wall disappears as a new eye wall forms farther out from the center and tightens up. This is called an eye wall replacement cycle. You can see one in Hurricane Matthew today at https://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mimic-tc/2016_14L/webManager/displayGifsBy12hr_06.html. Very cool!
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Major Hurricane Matthew has made the expected turn to the north and is now bearing down on Jamaica, Haiti and eastern Cuba. It is expected to dump feet of rain in some mountainous terrain, according to yesterday’s WunderBlog here. This could lead to widespread severe damage and many deaths, particularly in Haiti where the rainfall…