Tropical weather
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The National Hurricane Center has declared that the area of interest they’ve been watching in the eastern Atlantic Ocean has a closed circulation by looking at satellite wind data. They have identified it as Tropical Depression 4. Models suggest that it will continue to strengthen during the day today and should become Tropical Storm Danny…
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Do you remember the summer of 2005? That was an incredibly active tropical year, with 27 named storms, including Katrina and Rita. The rain that the Southeast received from those storms as well as the regular summer thunderstorms helped keep the region out of drought conditions that year. Here’s a NOAA summary of that year.…
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As we head into what is usually the most active time of the year for tropical storms in the Atlantic basin, a wave that recently moved off the coast of Africa is now showing some signs of development. The National Hurricane Center’s 5-day tropical outlook map now shows a 60 percent chance of cyclone formation…