Tropical weather
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released a Rapid Reaction report on Hurricane Ian and its impacts on their state. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/10/rapid-reaction-windy-wet-ian-sweeps-through-north-carolina/. Rainfall from the storm is shown below.
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If you are interested in looking at “after” images of coastal areas after Hurricane Ian’s passage to see what damage occurred at particular properties, you can go here to view images taken from NOAA aircraft. By zooming in and out you can focus on particular locations. There should be imagery available for multiple coastal areas,…
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The rejuvenated Hurricane Ian finished crossing the Atlantic and made a third landfall (after Cuba and Florida) this afternoon as a category-1 storm. Landfall occurred near Georgetown, just up the coast from Charleston. The storm is still moving through the Carolinas now as a post-tropical storm, since it has lost its tropical characteristics as a…
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During the day today, Tropical Storm Ian (downgraded from a category 4 hurricane to a TS as it crossed Florida earlier overnight) completed its crossing of the Florida peninsula and emerged over the Atlantic Ocean just north of Cape Canaveral earlier today. It regained hurricane strength over the warm Gulf Stream and is currently headed…
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Over the course of the day, Hurricane Ian continued to move northeast towards the west coast of Florida, strengthening as it approached the coast. At around 3 pm EDT it made landfall near Fort Myers with winds speeds of over 150 mph, just a few mph short of a category 5 hurricane. The images I…
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The Clemson Extension agents have put out a very useful guide for things to do ahead of and after Hurricane Ian in the South Carolina Grower newsletter that folks in other areas affected by the storm may find useful. You can read it at https://scgrower.com/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-preparation-considerations-for-fruit-and-vegetable-crops/.
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Over the course of the day, Hurricane Ian crossed over the western end of Cuba, strengthened over the Gulf and slowed down. Rainfall has hit southern Florida hard along with numerous tornadoes that have caused local damage. The forecast models have shown the cone drifting to the right over most of the day, which means…
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