Tropical weather
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Today the National Hurricane Center noted the development of the first named storm of the year, Subtropical Storm Alex, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. This is the first time since 1978 that a named storm has formed in January, according to the Capital Weather Gang in a story here. A subtropical storm has some characteristics…
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NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center has upgraded Tropical Storm Pali to a hurricane. It is the earliest recorded hurricane in a calendar year in the Central Pacific. The previous record was held by Hurricane Ekeka in January 1992. Hurricane Pali is centered about 650 miles (1045 km) south-southwest of Johnston Island and 1320 miles (2125…
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The National Hurricane Center is watching a swirl of clouds off the coast of North Carolina for signs of development. It is currently an extratropical storm, but because it is over warm water it could develop some tropical characteristics and might gain enough strength to gain a name. If it did, it would be called…
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From the National Hurricane Center Facebook page this morning: “Here’s the preliminary track map of the tropical cyclones that occurred over the Atlantic basin in 2015. There were 11 named storms formed, four became hurricanes, and two of those reached major hurricane status. There was also one unnamed tropical depression. While the number of named…
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This combined satellite and radar image today shows the moisture streaming northeast from Tropical Storm Sandra into the front draped through Texas and points northeast. Fortunately for the Southeast, most of this moisture will not affect us but could cause flooding in the central US. Sandra is the strongest hurricane to hit so late in…
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The latest storm in the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Sandra, could bring another plume of moisture to the south central US later this week. If the storm moves as expected, the moisture will feed into a front in the area and could lead to more wet conditions and potential flooding due to saturated soils that already present…
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Even though we are on the downside, the tropical season in the Atlantic is not quite over yet. Investigation 94 is gradually developing and could turn into a tropical depression or even a tropical storm in a day or two. If it did, it would be named Kate. Late Sunday Night: This storm was officially…