Tropical weather
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The tropical disturbance in the Atlantic continues to grow, and the National Hurricane Center now has it at an 80% chance of development within 48 hours, or by Saturday evening. For most of the Southeast, that should not be a concern, but if you live in or are going to the coast of Georgia, South…
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The National Hurricane Center put out a 5-day advisory for the east coast of the Southeast showing a small chance of tropical storm development in the 3-5 day period, which puts it smack in the middle of the holiday weekend. Weather Underground published a story about this yesterday at https://www.wunderground.com/news/atlantic-basin-tropical-subtropical-development-late-may-early-june-2016#prclt-U7RW1mcz. While this is not going to…
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Jon Erdman wrote a piece in WunderBlog about Florida’s decade-long hurricane drought. It’s been over ten years since a hurricane made landfall anywhere in the state. You can read it here. With this year likely to bring a La Niña to the tropics, the chances of a hurricane in the Atlantic go up. But we…
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This week is Hurricane Awareness week for NOAA. All week the National Weather Service will be providing information about hurricanes and tropical storm risk. In the Southeast we are particularly vulnerable to Atlantic hurricanes, and after more than ten years without a strong storm, it feels like we are overdue for one. Today’s blog post…
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Today is the first day of the official tropical season in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. And right on time, we see a 10% chance of formation from a disorganized system of clouds. As we swing from El Niño to La Niña this summer, we are likely to see fewer than usual storms in the Eastern…
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Matt Daniel of WMAZ in Macon GA listed several interesting weather records that were set this week. You may not have heard any of them. 1) Seattle had its warmest April day ever recorded after hitting 89°F yesterday. (April 18, 2016) It shattered the record high of 70°F back in 2010. 2) Houston, TX (IAH) recorded…
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Early forecasts for the 2016 Atlantic tropical season are starting to come out, and so far all of them predict that the tropical season this year will be more active than usual. El Niño acted as a brake last year and the hurricane season was relatively quiet, but with El Niño going away and most…