Tropical weather
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Tropical Storm Isaias crossed Puerto Rico last week on its long path from the eastern Atlantic through the Northeast US, bringing strong winds and heavy rains which contributed to landslides and power outages. The island, which is still recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2017, experienced significant losses in several crops, including bananas, plantains, and coffee.…
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The seasonal hurricane forecasting group at Colorado State University released a revised forecast for the number of tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin today. It’s not a big surprised that the numbers have gone up considering how active this year has already been. Their new forecast shows us as getting an…
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UGA’s Small Business Development Center is offering a series of free webinars on how to prepare your business for impacts from tropical storms and hurricanes on August 24-27. You can look at the flyer below or go to https://www.georgiasbdc.org/emergency-preparedness-and-business-continuity-webinar-series/ for more information or to register for the webinars. Planning is important and can make the…
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The folks at the North Carolina Climate Office were up bright and early this morning and have already put together a report on the impacts of Hurricane Isaias, which made landfall near Wilmington NC last night a little after 11 pm and crossed the state over the next few hours. Today it is moving through…
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The latest forecast for Tropical Storm Isaias as of Sunday night at 11 pm shows a lopsided storm which has most of its energy and rainfall on the east side of the storm. The current forecast path of the storm is for it to move north from its present position near the Space Coast of…
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As of 8 pm on Saturday, Isaias has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but is expected to go back up to hurricane force overnight. The storm has been pretty disorganized today due to dry air being pulled into the circulation from land, but some new convection is popping up, which may help the storm…
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In case you did not notice, my post from yesterday was a little off. As of 8 am this morning Isaias was already a hurricane, a little earlier than I thought it would. The track forecast has wavered a little over the day but Isaias is still predicted to move up the East Coast, probably…