Though it seems quiet, the ImpactWeather TropicsWatch team is keeping a watchful eye on four active disturbances and one suspect area on Africa’s West Coast. Additionally, areas like the eastern Caribbean, the western Tropical Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico are climatological hot spots for development, while the peak of hurricane season (September 10th) draws closer every day.
ImpactWeather Sr. Meteorologist Chris Hebert details not only the storm track and intensity, but some of the conditions that will be experienced both onshore and offshore. ImpactWeather’s YouTube channel hosts this most recent video.
Not that I’ve been paying much attention, but it was on June 17, 2010 that Rush Limbaugh decided to strap on his meteorologist hat and proffer his prediction for the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
June 1st marks the official start of the 2010 Hurricane season, but there’s a good chance that the National Hurricane Center will upgrade the system shown below to subtropical depression status during the next 24 hours. By Wednesday or Thursday of this week, it could be our first subtropical storm of the season. Right now, [...]
"An ill wind comes arising" is the opening salvo from the 1984 hit from Rush, Early Distant Warning on the Grace Under Pressure album. The song is not actually about the approach of nasty weather but rather something more sinister. Still, it’s a stand-out tune from my younger years. As a meteorologist and, at the [...]
Over the weekend, images of a massive sand and dust storm in China were captured from space. A strong storm system swept sand and dust from the arid terrain of Inner Mongolia thousands of miles. Visibility was reduced and the air quality was poor in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as the yellow dust rolled [...]
(48445 KB) Watch on posterous ImpactWeather’s Lead Hurricane Forecaster and TropicsWatch Manager Chris Hebert presents this first look at the coming 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season, with contributions from ImpactWeather StormWatch Supervisor Fred Schmude and TropicsWatch Supervisor Joe Spain.
Though the six month Atlantic Hurricane Season ended 17 days ago, hurricanes and cyclones have little respect for the calendar. Even as Cyclone Laurence (photo) finally begins to weaken over the northwest coast of Australia (note the lack of organization with the clusters of thunderstorms) today, winds yesterday were in the 125mph category. Not [...]