Tropical weather
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Here’s a great video that describes the extremes we have had this past year by Jeff Masters, who was previously with Weather Underground and is now a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections. He does a great job describing severe weather events around the world in the past year in this video. You can view it…
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(UPDATE: New map as of 10:30 pm) I’ve been getting a few questions about how quiet the tropics are right now and whether we are done with the tropical season for this year. Here is the answer from Bryan Norcross, a television meteorologist from Miami with many years of experience in tropical weather. I follow…
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The last few years have brought many tropical storms and hurricanes to the Southeast. This week marks the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Matthew, which dropped heavy rains on the East Coast, especially eastern North and South Carolina. The damage to agriculture, infrastructure, and housing from the wind and rain was vast. Corey Davis of the…
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If you follow tropical weather at all, you are probably not surprised to know that the number of landfalling hurricanes and tropical storms we have had the last few years has been very high, and of course we have had to deal with the impacts of those storms, ranging from extreme winds to significant storm…
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Estimating damage following a major hurricane can be difficult, as many extension agents in the Southeast know after the spate of hurricanes and tropical storms that have traveled across the region in the last five years or so. Here is a story from Morning Ag Clips that describes preliminary agricultural damage to Louisiana from Hurricane…
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The latest 5-day Atlantic forecast notes two new areas of likely development over the next five days. These two waves are at lower latitudes than Hurricane Sam, which means they are more likely to reach the Southeast than other waves that develop at higher latitudes. But there is a long way to cross over the…
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Today Subtropical Storm Teresa formed in the Atlantic. It is a weak storm with some tropical characteristics and is not expected to be around for long.It won’t affect the US at all. Meanwhile, Hurricane Sam is intensifying and is expected to become a major hurricane on Saturday. Fortunately, the current models mostly hold Sam out…
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