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The latest 7 day QPF shows two areas of massive rainfall in the South this week. One is the continuing rainfall from now Tropical Storm Harvey, which came onshore in Texas last night and is expected to continue to spin and rain over Texas for the next few days. Forecast amounts from Harvey are for…
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The New York Times has a short and informative video about how hurricanes form. It talks about how warm water helps the storms to form and how changes in sea surface temperature may be affecting the strength of the storms. You can watch it at https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000002555638/the-future-of-storms.html?smid=fb-share.
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The Washington Post has an interesting historical look at past devastating hurricanes that have hit the United States today. In early years, people often did not have enough warning to flee before the hurricane hit. More recently, people in the path of the storm did not believe the forecasters and underestimated the effects of the…
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Earlier tonight Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport TX (northeast of Corpus Christi) with winds of 130 mph and a central pressure of 938 millibars, which makes it the 6th lowest pressure in a hurricane hitting Texas. It’s hard to believe that only 48 hours ago Harvey was just a tropical depression. Early reports from…
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If you are following Hurricane Harvey, you know that one of the hazards most likely from the storm is torrential flooding rains. People in Texas have been warned that if they live in a flood plain, they should evacuate. Of course in the case of Harvey, there is likely to be so much rain that…
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As Hurricane Harvey churns towards the central Texas coast, farmers there are trying to do what they can to prepare for the winds and massive inland flooding they are expected to experience, moving herds to higher ground and stashing feed where they think they might need it. Power in some places may be out for…
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It may still be August and warm and muggy in the Southeast, but folks in the Upper Peninsula are worrying about the possibility of frost, about three weeks earlier than average. With a ridge of high pressure in the western US and a trough of low pressure in the east bringing cool air down from…