Latest Tropical cyclone Stories
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from June 4-5: On June 4, two tornadoes were confirmed -- one in Texas and the other in Arkansas. On June 5th, tornadoes were confirmed in Montana, while there was also strong rotation right along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi during the evening. Yesterday there was a lot of damage reported through the Southeast and also in Montana and Idaho. Large trees were snapped in many locations in Montana and Idaho with reports of winds over...
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The north Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and lasts through Nov. 30. The U.S. Census Bureau produces timely local statistics that are critical to emergency planning, preparedness and recovery efforts. This edition of Facts for Features highlights the number of people living in areas that could be most affected by these dramatic acts of nature. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) In the...
RedOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from May 25-28, 2012: May 25 proved to be very active for the Plains. Areas in Kansas were hit with well over 20 tornadoes. We also saw hail the near 2.75 inches in size near Merrick, Nebraska. On May 26th we saw no tornado reports, however, there were reports of hail the size of 1.75 throughout WI and the Great Lakes region. May 27th brought tornado reports in both Nebraska and Minnesota along with the report of hail the size of...
Infrared and visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite taken on May 25, 2012, showed an impressive Typhoon Sanvu already affecting the islands of Iwo To and Chichi Jima, Japan. The typhoon is expected to run into cooler waters and become extra-tropical over the next several days. Infrared imagery from May 25 at 0353 UTC (May 24, 1153 p.m. EDT) by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies onboard NASA's Aqua satellite showed a large area of high, cold cloud tops...
NASA satellites are providing rainfall, temperature, pressure, visible and infrared data to forecasters as Hurricane Bud is expected to make a quick landfall in western Mexico this weekend before turning back to sea. NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites have been flying over Bud as it nears the Mexican coast. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed above Hurricane Bud early this morning, May 25 at 0429 UTC (12:49 a.m. EDT/U.S.). A large area of moderate to heavy...
RedOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from May 24, 2012: Yesterday brought two reported tornados to the Northern Plains and also to the Great Lakes Region. Large hail fell from Kansas to Iowa and Missouri. Damaging wind reports were also found in this region along with a few isolated reports in Florida. In the Northeast, New Jersey was hit by damaging winds and hail. Hurricane Bud continued to steam towards Mexico as a CAT 2 hurricane, while an area of the coast of...
Tropical Storm Sanvu strengthened overnight as forecast and is now a Typhoon in the western North Pacific Ocean. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observed that most of the rainfall is falling in the eastern half of the storm. The TRMM satellite measured the rainfall from Typhoon Sanvu on May 24, 2012.TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) data shows that Sanvu's heaviest rainfall was occurring in its northeastern quadrant where some intense...
RedOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from May 23, 2012: One isolated tornado was reported yesterday which was just to the southeast of New Orleans. Eastern North Carolina was hit hard yesterday with damaging winds and large hail. Also a swath of hail and wind damage occurred from Western Nebraska northward through Southeast South Dakota and into Minnesota and Iowa. Yesterday we also saw Typhoon Sanvu intensify in the Western Pacific. In the Eastern Pacific Bud became...
RedOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from May 22, 2012: Severe weather was confined to the Northern Plains and also along the Carolina’s through Georgia and parts of Florida. The biggest impacts were large hail and heavy rainfall along with strong wind gusts. Funnel clouds were also spotted in North Dakota. The tropical storm off the East coast has dissipated and also another new area south of Cuba has developed overnight and needs to be watched as it may have...
RedOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from May 21, 2012: Storm reports for yesterday range from a tornado report in the Texas panhandle to large hail across Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Hail was also reported in South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. The majority of the reports were estimated in the 1.00-1.75in size. The tropics continue to be active this morning. Alberto has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression and should continue heading out to sea away from...
Latest Tropical cyclone Reference Libraries
Tropical Storm Alberto was named the first tropical storm of the Atlantic 2012 Hurricane Season on May 20th at 1200PM CDT. The location of the storm at this time was just to the southeast of South Carolina. The winds were estimated at 40kts gusting to 50kts. On May 20th at 0600PM CDT Tropical Storm Alberto had winds estimated at 45kts with gust to near 55kts. At this time the storm was just to the east of Savannah Georgia and was moving towards the southwest. May 21st at 0600PM CDT...
Say it’s not so, but we could be very well on the verge of entering into an EL-Nino cycle soon. How soon? The latest forecast issued by the Climate Prediction Center has upped the chances of seeing EL-Nino this year now at 61% with the favorable time period pointing towards the 3rd quarter (July-September). What does this mean to you? Well it all depends on where you’re living as EL-Nino has a wide array of impacts that are different everywhere around the globe. Here are a few...
Coastal Upwelling- this is defined as the moving of water from the deeper oceans upwards to the surface of the ocean very commonly found along our cold ocean currents, which are found along the West Coast of the United States and off the Peru coast. Coastal Sinking- this is defined as the warm waters moving in from the east and hitting the coastline and slowly filtering down towards the deeper ocean waters very slowly. This feature is common in our warm ocean currents such as the United...
Tropical Storm Debbie on a surface chart. It is noted that just off the coast of Northern Florida a 999 surface pressure is found indicating to a meteorologist that an area of Lower pressure is arriving. In this case it’s Tropical Storm Debbie. The red lines indicate lines of equal pressure. Meteorologists label them in 4mb increments. So looking at the map it’s noted that there is a 08/04/00/96 line present in the photo highlighted with red. Another feature is that the more of these...
Onshore flow describes the movement of any weather feature moving towards the shore. The most common weather features that are affiliated with onshore flow are Hurricanes and the daily sea breeze. What happens with a hurricane is the Northeast side of the storm will produce winds out of the Southeast to South which will force the ocean water (Storm Surge) towards the coast along with all the extensive precipitation shields. Another feature is known as the Sea breeze. The sea breeze happens...
