Tropical weather
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IFAS/University of Florida is offering a series of webinars this spring on preparing for and recovering from hurricanes and other weather disasters. The next one up is a webinar on preparing for hurricanes for forest landowners. It will be on June 3 at 2 pm ET. Just in time for hurricane season! If you have…
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NOAA released their seasonal outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season today. It shows that they expect another active hurricane season due to neutral conditions and warm sea surface temperatures. The highlights below summarize their outlook but you can read the whole thing at https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-predicts-another-active-atlantic-hurricane-season. The Highlights for the 2021 Prediction: Overall: Predicting a 60% chance for…
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The first outlook of the year showing a potential storm in the Atlantic Basin was issued today. It shows a 20% chance of development in the Atlantic northeast of Bermuda in the next 5 days. It says that chance of development of a non-tropical system may occur but will not be a threat to land.…
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As we head towards the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, you may be wondering whether we will see another 30 storms this year. Of course, the answer is complicated because the climate conditions change from one year to the next. You might also wonder if this is a sign of things to come more frequently in…
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This week is Hurricane Preparedness Week for most of the Southeast. One problem that can occur is loss of power, both from hurricanes and from other severe weather. If it lasts for more than a few hours, the temperature in your refrigerator can get too high and the food inside start to spoil. Do you…
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For those of you who are looking towards June 1 as the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, you might be interested in this refresher on hurricane climatology in the region from Alicia Wasula of Shade Tree Meteorology here. Next week is the NWS Atlanta Hurricane Preparedness Week, and they will be posting information about…
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On Friday NOAA announced that they will be switching to the 1991-2020 averages for the Atlantic tropical season. Previously, NOAA’s period-of-record was 1981-2010, for which the average number of named storms is 12, the average number of hurricanes is six, and the average of major hurricanes — packing winds of at least 111 miles per…
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