Beginning of Hurricane Season: Tropical Outlook / Discussion – 6/21/22

Hello all! With June being the start of the official first month of the Atlantic hurricane season (June 1st- Nov. 30th), and the second month of the eastern Pacific hurricane season (May 15th – Nov…

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NOAA releases 2022 Hurricane Season Outlook: a look at the numbers, the forecast, the errors, and how to stay prepared this season

NOAA released their 2022 Hurricane season outlook today calling for an above-average season. This should come as no surprise. In the heels of the last few years, the lingering La Nina and the Colorado State…

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Welcome to Hurricane Season: Previewing the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season

This post has been a few weeks in the making. Maybe even a month or two, really. But the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season is here, and well, aren’t we all just… wishing it wasn’t? It…

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No more Greek-letter Hurricanes

While 2020 was responsible for a lot of very bad things, it looks like something that 2020 did was actually “good” in hindsight. The busy 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season forced the World Meteorological Organization to…

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NHC to issue Tropical Outlooks two weeks earlier

The National Hurricane Center announced March 2, 2021 that Tropical Weather Outlooks will now begin on May 15th for the Atlantic Hurricane season. From the NHC: Public Information Statement NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL…

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2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An exaggerated example of an unnerving trend

As we get toward the end of a long – and I mean LONG – Atlantic Hurricane Season, I wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on the trend we are seeing in the…

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Ask NASA: Improving hurricane forecasts from space

NASA – yeah, NASA – has a hand in improving hurricane forecasts every year. Not directly, as that is left to the smart meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center, but indirectly through access to new…

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7/28/20 Tropical Update – PTC9 / Isaias organizing, moving toward Puerto Rico

The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. The storm is likely going to be named Isaias in the coming days. It isn’t forecast to be near Florida and the Bahamas until…

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NHC issues advisories for PTC Nine, eventual Isaias, for Caribbean Islands

The National Hurricane Center has now designated “Invest 92L” as “Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.” The change in name will only be temporary. The NHC is trying to issue advisories for some of the islands as…

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La Nina Watch posted: What it could mean for the Atlantic Hurricane Season and 2020-2021 Winter

That’s right, friends. While I will spend some time talking about La Niña and the hurricane Season, I also posted a “deep tease” about the upcoming winter. Two reasons. The first, I think most of…

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