Good evening, everyone. Here is the 26 minute discussion about what is happening in the tropics. I know a lot of you are going to hear a lot about two areas of interest, the Central…
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New area of concern in tropics may struggle to develop
The internet was buzzing this afternoon as the National Hurricane Center identified another area of interest in the tropics. This time, a cluster of storms associated with a trough of low pressure located over the…
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Learn about Tornado Forecasting with Rich Thompson
I had the chance to shake hands with Rich Thompson, the Lead Forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center, at the National Weather Association Annual Meeting in Anaheim. Rich is a very sharp meteorologist and is…
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Gulf Coast Weekly Forecast Outlook (9/25/17)
Current Conditions Currently acros the sotuheast temperatures are in the 60s and 70s from eastern Texas all the way to the Florida panhandle. with mostly clear conditions across a majority of the southeast – except…
Lightning show from mid-air
On the way back from the National Weather Association Annual meeting, the plane I was in flew by a few thunderstorms. I got lucky enough to take a video of the storm as we cruised…
Revisiting the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard with Matt Lanza
Matt Lanza, a meteorologist for an energy company in Houston, spent some time earlier this year researching the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard. It was a widespread winter weather outbreak across the Gulf Coast region around…
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Rick Smith helps those with Severe Weather Anxiety
Rick Smith, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Norman, Oklahoma National Weather Service office is doing great things to help those that are struggling with Severe Weather Anxiety. In the clinical world, sometimes this is…
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Research shows connection between Gulf temps and severe weather
Matt Haworth, meteorologist for StormGeo, presented research connecting Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures to severe weather potential along the Gulf Coast. “Basically I expanded on a study done by Roger Edwards and Steven Weiss…
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Catching up with the Jackson NWS at NWAS17
I had the opportunity to meet with the Jackson Mississippi National Weather Service at the National Weather Association 2017 Annual Conference. They were here presenting local research on severe weather. Here is a quick couple…
Hurricane Maria, now Category 5 storm, hits Dominica head on
The title says it all: Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5 storm. It made its first landfall on the small island of Dominica at 9:15pm local time. At that time, the estimated sustained wind…
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