2012 Hurricane Season
Although very few tropical storms or hurricanes have struck the United States n recent years, the overall number of systems in the Atlantic Ocean has been well above the long-term means during this...
View ArticleThe Static Illusion
There is no denying that Sandy caused horrific damage to the east coast. Although many people were surprised that such an event hit where it did, most meteorologists on the other hand were instead...
View ArticleGeorge Washington’s Hurricane
On July 23-24, 1788 a hurricane moved through the Mid-Atlantic States. That storm is often referenced as the George Washington Hurricane as it was mentioned in his diary. As the storm approached...
View ArticleQuiet Atlantic Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to an end this weekend. It was a good year for people and a bad year for hurricanes. There were just eight named tropical systems (sustained winds of at...
View ArticleBig Hurricane Absence
TIn the nine years since Category 5 Hurricane Wilma struck South Florida in October of 2005, there has not been a single major hurricane (Category 3 hurricane or stronger) to strike the U.S. This is...
View ArticleHurricane Forecast
There are three major, large-scale factors which can have large scale effects on the Atlantic hurricane season. One is the general sea-surface temperature. If the tropical part of the Atlantic Basin...
View ArticleHurricane Outlook 2015
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has revised its 2015 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season Outlook downward. The developing El Nino in the Pacific Ocean is causing strengthening upper level winds, a...
View ArticleRemembering the Great Galveston Storm
On this date in 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States occurred. Katrina may well have been the costliest hurricane, but the Galveston hurricane of 1900 was the...
View ArticleThe Great Hurricane of 1938
Hurricane/”Superstorm” Sandy struck the Atlantic Coast near New Jersey in 2012, killing 157 people and causing more than $70 billion in damage. But Sandy was not the first terrible hurricane disaster...
View ArticlePatricia Sets Records
Hurricane Patricia has been breaking strength records as its central barometric pressure was measured at 25.96 inches, or 879 millibars Friday. This broke the record of 26.05 inches, or 882 millibars,...
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