Tropical weather
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As more surveys are completed, additional information about how Hurricane Ida has affected agriculture in the US have come out. Here are a few additional stories of interest. Modern Farmer: How Has Hurricane Ida Affected Agriculture and Food? AgWeb: Corn Prices Sink on Bleak Export Outlook After Hurricane Ida Crashes Into Gulf Coast Reuters: U.S.…
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By some measures, today is the day on which a named tropical storm is most likely to occur. Does that make it the peak of hurricane season? According to a recent blog post by Brian McNoldy, a Senior Research Associate at University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, it’s not quite so…
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If you were paying attention to the news today, you learned that Tropical Storm Mindy formed this afternoon over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and as of 11 pm on Wednesday, is moving along the Florida Panhandle towards the east at about 20 mph. It is expected to reach the southeast corner of Georgia by…
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In many hurricanes, a number of weak tornadoes form on the spiral bands ahead of the storm. It is much rarer to find really strong tornadoes associated with hurricanes. However, as the remains of Hurricane Ida moved into the Northeast and merged with a front, several strong tornadoes formed ahead of the system. One EF…
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As of Tuesday evening, the National Hurricane Center has identified a broad and disorganized area of tropical activity in the western Gulf of Mexico that they say has a 50-50 chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next two days. If it does happen, it will be somewhere along the northern Gulf Coast…
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It’s still pretty early to see detailed assessments of damage caused by the wind, surge, and rain of Hurricane Ida, but a few stories have appeared in the press so far. Here are the ones I have seen in the last couple of days. Infrastructure used to store and transport grain is one of the…
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Today Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana around noon local time with winds of 150 mph, a storm surge up to 16 feet by at least one report, and torrential rains that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to the area. The winds, surge, and rain brought widespread damage to the area, with…