Tropical weather
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The Atlantic hurricane season may be off to an early start. The National Hurricane Center indicates that there is a 40% chance of tropical development in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the next five days. If it happens, the first named storm of the year, Alberto, could bring more rain to the southeast. More…
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A recent article in Geophysical Research Letters indicates that the most powerful hurricanes are strengthening more quickly than they used to, according to a newsletter from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. While hurricanes as a whole are not rapidly intensifying more often than in the past, the most powerful storms are getting stronger more quickly…
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This week is Hurricane Awareness Week at many National Weather Service offices. You can see a lot of their tips for preparing for the upcoming Atlantic tropical season by following your local NWS office on social media. Here is one PDF slide set from the NWS office in Charleston SC which describes some of the…
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The next Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and we may see an early start to it this year because the Gulf of Mexico is warmer than usual, providing good energy for storm formation. The NWS National Hurricane Center has announced some changes to their hurricane forecasts for this upcoming season, including the shrinking…
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Recent research on tropical storms and how they might develop and grow in a warmer climate shows that it is quite likely that in the future, tropical storms and hurricanes will be larger than they have been in the past. This is due to a combination of warmer water, which provides energy to the systems,…
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Now that we are past the freeze season, farmers are starting to look ahead to the peach crop for this year. Earlier this month I reported that Georgia farmers were expecting about a 10 percent loss due to frost. This week the Southeast Farm Press offered a story on the South Carolina peach crop and…
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The Packer reported this week that while Florida blueberries have taken a hit this year from Hurricane Irma and recent frosts, they are still looking good for this year’s season, with plenty of berries available for harvest. Over 95 percent of growers reported some damage from weather this year, according to a survey of producers.…