Tropical weather
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June 1 is the start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Did you ever wonder how they get their names? This post from EarthSky explains why this year’s list started with Alex and Bonnie and what to expect next.
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The National Hurricane Center announced that Tropical Storm Bonnie has formed from Tropical Depression 2 off the East Coast this afternoon. It is expected to be a minimal tropical storm before making landfall on the South Carolina coast and moving slowly to the northeast along the coastline. You can follow the latest information from https://www.nhc.noaa.gov.
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Most of the Southeast will see only moderate amounts of rain this week. The exception: the coast of South Carolina and points inland where current Tropical Depression 2 is expected to come onshore later this weekend and then meander northeast along the coast, dropping additional rain in North Carolina. According to the National Hurricane Center,…
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NOAA released their official forecast for the Atlantic tropical season today. The full text is below. The forecast says that a near-normal number of storms is the most likely outcome. This means that there is a 70% likelihood of 10-16 named storms, 4-8 hurricanes and 1-4 major hurricanes. Forecasts do not include the likelihood of…
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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…