Ask NASA: Using the latest tech to better forecast hurricanes

Your browser does not support the video tag. NASA has a unique and important view of hurricanes around the planet. Satellites and aircraft watch as storms form, travel across the ocean and sometimes, make landfall.…

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9/24/19 PM Tropical Update – Jerry, Karen, and Lorenzo

There are still a lot of uncertainties with with what is happening in the Tropics right now. A lot of the uncertainty surrounds the movement of Karen and how that may impact the weather in…

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Invest95L drifts toward Gulf of Mexico, chances for tropical development increases

The National Hurricane Center is tracking three different areas for potential tropical development. The closest to the United States is Invest 95L Cu rent model guidance suggests that Invest 95L will drift into the Gulf…

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8/26/19 2AM update: Tropical Storm Dorian

As the overnight data continues to trickle in, not much has changed in the short term with Dorian. But as we look toward the Labor Day weekend, the overall pattern is starting to look a…

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8/25/19 7PM Update: Tropical Storm Dorian

Since the tropics have been reasonably quiet all August, this quick burst of activity has a lot of people’s attention. This increase in activity isn’t unusual. Now that we are getting closer to September and…

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Hurricane speed debate highlights how the scientific community works

If tropical cyclones are – in general – slowing down, that could have some pretty dramatic impacts in the future. But the science isn’t settled. Let’s take a look… A quick preamble If you caught…

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2019 Hurricane Season Preview and Chat with NWS Mobile

I had a chance to sit down with Don Shepherd, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, AL. Don is a wealth of knowledge and was nice enough to give us a half-hour…

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8PM UPDATE: Tropical Storm Michael continues to strengthen, move north

Tropical Storm Michael is now forecast to be a Category Two hurricane as is moves ashore somewhere between Pensacola, Florida and Cedar Key, Florida Wednesday around midday. Impacts will be felt outside of the Cone…

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Down and Dirty details: Quick update on Invest91L development, possible threat to Gulf coast

*** 400PM UPDATE FROM NHC*** BULLETIN Potential Tropical Cyclone Fourteen Advisory Number 1 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142018 400 PM CDT Sat Oct 06 2018 …DISTURBANCE GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN…

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