The World Meteorological Organization decided to retire four names from the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Three of the names probably make perfect sense, but the fourth might seem like a bit of a mystery. Harvey,…
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But, Katrina
2022 UPDATE: I’ve added the video below from the 15 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to add extra evidence tot eh proverbial ‘pile’ of data. 2017 ORIGINAL:It is something I’ve heard countless times during my…
Hurricane Irma no-hype 10am Update: Forecast, modeling and comics included
Hurricane Irma continues to straddle Cuba. Maximum sustained winds are near 125 mph with higher gusts, making Irma a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The storm is forecast to restrengthen once…
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2am Irma hype-free update: Discussing forecast shift & downstream changes
Irma is a Category Five hurricane. It has wind speeds of 160mph. The storm is nearly 500 miles from west to east. It is moving to the west at 14mph. That movement though, isn’t as…
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Overnight Hurricane Irma update for South Mississippi in two words: Don’t stress
Hurricane Irma continues on its trek WNW at about 15 to 20mph. The forecast cone shift west late Thursday night. Understandably, for some, it brought a renewed sense of anxiety. Here is why that heightened…
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10am no-hype Hurricane Irma update, including pictures and video from Caribbean
Irma is still a major Hurricane. Wind speeds at 185mph put it as a Category 5 storm. It continues to move west-northwest at 15mph. Here is the latest Satellite image of Irma, thanks to the…
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Hurricane Irma 8pm quick model update
Here is a quick look at the spaghetti model data and intensity model data from Tropical Tidbits. It is interesting to see the general shift in the track to the north and to the east.…
Hurricane Irma no-hype update: 5PM, September 5th, 2017
Hurricane Irma is still moving west at 15mph across the Atlantic. It now has wind speeds at 185mph. That makes it a Category 5 storm. This is how it looks on the GOES-16 satellite: #Irma…
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VIDEO: Proof Hurricane Hunters are awesome
The Hurricane Hunters strapped a Go Pro style camera to the window inside the WP-3D Orion for a trek inside Irma. Take a look at the video… Ride along with WP-3D Orion #NOAA42 for the…
TAKE TWO: What you need to know about Hurricane Irma (Another hype-free, objective look at the storm)
I’m really not great at eye-catching titles. Like, to the guy who wrote that Irma was going to be a “Category 6” storm: You suck. My examples of “MAJOR HURRICANE EYES GULF STATE” and “CATEGORY…
