Tropical weather
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It’s that time of year. The tropics are becoming more active and every wave coming off of Africa has to be watched for signs of development. Today we are watching Major Hurricane Erin as it moves NW on a path that is expected to curve north and then NE off the East Coast between Bermuda…
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The Weather Channel posted an interesting short video about the life cycle of a hurricane to explain how hurricanes develop from tropical waves and grow into full-fledged strong storms. Very timely considering how we have watched Erin grow from a weak wave to a category 5 storm in just a few days. Erin is now…
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After Invest 97 formed over the weekend, it developed into Tropical Storm Erin on Monday, August 14, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is currently moving over a relatively cool ocean and is interacting with some Saharan dust but it is expected to move over more favorable conditions in the next few days and is…
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Tropical Storm Dexter formed this morning off the East Coast as it separated from an old stationary front and developed tropical characteristics. However, Dexter is moving rapidly to the northeast and poses no threat to us in the Southeast. The 7-day tropical outlook is showing two other areas of potential development for later in the…
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I have been getting a lot of calls and emails this week asking why the tropics have been so quiet. In reality, we are pretty close to average conditions. The last two years had active conditions early in the season compared to this one, but there is a lot of variation from one year to…
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The National Hurricane Center is showing an area of 20% chance of development in the Main Development Region of the Atlantic Ocean along the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a line of thunderstorms that is often found north of the equator this time of year. The NHC gives the area of disturbed weather just a 20% chance…
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The area of disturbed weather that formed off the Southeast Coast earlier this week has traversed the Florida Peninsula and moved westward along the northern Gulf Coast, but never found the warm water and atmospheric support to develop into a named storm. It is now moving inland to the north and there is no further…
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