Temperate conditions for now, but active weather on the horizon for next week: CONUS Weather Forecast – 6/28/22

A relatively zonal pattern across the CONUS will lead to more or less seasonal weather, with no huge swings or variations in the next few days. Looking at the short term 500 mb map, most…

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Busy week ahead in the Tropics – Watching Invest 94L, the Gulf of Mexico, and more : Tropical Outlook/Discussion – 6/26/22

The tropics continue to heat up, as we continue to monitor some disturbances in the early stages of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Get buckled in, because this is gonna be an in-depth discussion for all…

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Tropical trouble brewing in the East Atlantic, no current threat to land : Tropical Outlook/Discussion – 6/23/22

What was once a quiet tropical pattern is set to start ramping up over the next couple of weeks. A lot has changed over the past 24 hours, and it’s trending in a direction we…

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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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6/7/20 10AM update: Tropical Storm Cristobal

Cristobal continues to move toward Louisiana. Now located about 90 miles from New Orleans, projected to make landfall between 4pm and 7pm tonight. Cristobal will be a Tropical Storm at landfall, barring some incredible last-minute…

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Colorado State predicts active season; makes additional regional estimates

Colorado STate produces a hurricane forecast every year. You may ask, what do scientists in Colorado know about hurricanes? You’d be surprised. Philip J. Klotzbach, Michael M. Bell, and Jhordanne Jones are quite good at…

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As MJO passes, Atlantic basin could become more favorable for development in July

I don’t often get onto sub-seasonal oscillations on here for a handful of reasons… 1. I don’t know as much as I wished I did about them 2. In general, it doesn’t apply to everyday…

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Hurricane Ivan in Review

I have one final project to submit here on the blog. I had to choose another local severe weather occurrence and explain the event while reviewing what happened and the data that was collected. Rather…

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Review: Uncertainty of Tropical Cyclone Best-Track Information

Good evening lads and ladies! I’m here to bring you yet another article review! If you haven’t caught on to it, I post these twice a week and I provide a summary, 3 points I…

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Don’t sleep on Hurricane Season despite new forecasts

It only takes one. That could be all that is in this post. Because it is true. It only takes one hurricane to make it a “active” season. If there is only one hurricane the…

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