Not a lot of Aces
Not only has tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin been slow this year, but also in all tropical areas around the globe. Although the number of named storms usually gets the most attention, it is...
View ArticleDeserts and Hurricanes
If you look carefully at the location of the world’s deserts, you will notice that most of them are located near 30 degrees north and south latitude. This is part of the global circulation pattern...
View ArticleQuiet for US
The Atlantic hurricane season has been, by numbers, a very busy one. This week, Tomas, formed and has been moving through the Caribbean. In only a handful of years have there been enough tropical...
View ArticleThe End Has Come
With the beginning of December comes the official end of the Atlantic Hurricane season. Historically, it has been rare for tropical seasons to form after November, so it is likely that no more named...
View ArticleThe I’s Have it
In the past decade Apple has able to name things with the letter “i” that resonated into the common vernacular of our culture. In the weather world, the past decade has also brought about a plethora...
View ArticleHurricane Season 2013
Today marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane season. The tropical season in the northern Atlantic runs from June 1 through November 30. Although tropical systems have and can develop outside...
View ArticleJune Drought
Although the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, land falling hurricanes during the first month of the season in the United States are quite rare. There has not been a direct hit on the...
View ArticleLack of Majors
The last time the United States was struck by a major hurricane (Category 3,4 or 5) was on October 19, 2005 when Wilma impacted Florida. 2005 was an exceptionally busy year for land falling...
View ArticleDrones to Fly into Hurricanes
The National Hurricane Center has plans for using drones to measure pressure and wind during this year’s hurricane season. The automatic flying machines, called Coyotes, will be dropped out of...
View ArticleQuiet Atlantic Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to an end this weekend. It was a good year for people and a bad year for hurricanes. There were just eight named tropical systems (sustained winds of at...
View ArticleBig Hurricane Absence
TIn the nine years since Category 5 Hurricane Wilma struck South Florida in October of 2005, there has not been a single major hurricane (Category 3 hurricane or stronger) to strike the U.S. This is...
View ArticleThe Few and Many Hurricanes
As expected, the Atlantic Basin is having a very quiet tropical storm season while the Pacific Basin has been extremely active. Thank (or blame) El Nino. Hurricanes thrive and grow easily when sea...
View ArticleSevere Storms Are Rare In Tropics And At The Poles
Small local storms with damaging wind, hail, or tornadoes (what we call severe storms) are relatively common around the world in the middle latitudes. These same conditions are rare in the Polar...
View ArticleActive Atlantic
The hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin has ended. This summer and fall has been the first above-average tropical storm season in the Atlantic since 2012. Fifteen storms reached at least tropical...
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