Tropical weather
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During the day today, Nicole completed the transition to a Tropical Storm and as of 10 pm ET, is near hurricane force. It is not expected to strengthen much beyond that due to wind shear, even though it will be passing over the warm Gulf Stream soon. The general forecast path of the storm is…
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As of 5 AM this morning, the broad area of low pressure east of the Bahamas organized enough to become Subtropical Storm Nicole. Subtropical storms have some characteristics of tropical storms but also have some characteristics of mid-latitude low pressure areas. For our purposes, you can treat it as a tropical storm, and it should…
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Even though the tropics have been quiet for the last few weeks, that looks like it may be about to change. An area of low pressure (currently called Investigation 98) east of the Bahamas is looking as though it may develop into a named storm (90% chance in the next 5 days) as it moves…
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While it might seem like the Atlantic tropical season is over, a look at the map shows that is not the case. Currently there are two tropical storms in the Atlantic–TS Lisa in the southern Caribbean moving generally west towards Central America, and TS Martin well off in the central Atlantic and moving NE. Both…
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Hurricane Ian brought horrific winds and a storm surge of up to 18 feet in some places in southwestern Florida. But as it progressed across the Florida Peninsula, it also brought torrential rain that caused a lot of land and river flooding to an area that is almost flat. This means that any drainage of…
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Today the National Hurricane Center noted the development of Potential Tropical Cyclone 15, which presumably would be named Lisa if it gets a bit more organized, in the Caribbean. Fortunately for us in the United States, high pressure over our region will keep the PTC track moving to the west instead of recurving towards us.…
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Sanibel Island in Florida has been considered one of the best shelling beaches in the world, with up to 250 species found at that location. It was also right in the area of Hurricane Ian’s area of destruction. How did the hurricane impact its ecosystems and the beach there? Yahoo News has a story this…