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Typhoon Megi: 4 days ago, prior to then Super Typhoon Megi’s landfall on the Philippines, I had mentioned in my long term analysis that “… if the trof is fast and very deep, it could conceivably turn the storm north and then northeast. While there may not be sufficient room in the sea for this to [...]
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For a more recent update regarding Typhoon Megi’s approach to China CLICK HERE The Philippines is making preparations ahead of a powerful Super Typhoon set to strike the island nation Monday morning with effects being felt on Sunday. The storm, known locally as Juan, is feared to have the same flooding potential as Typhoon Ketsana in [...]
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE RECENT UPDATE ON SUPER TYPHOON MEGI Typhoon Megi continues to intensify and is expected to be a significant threat to the northern Philippine province of Luzon by late this weekend. Americares is making preparations to bring relief. Typhoon Megi is currently the only tropical cyclone anywhere on earth but it could [...]
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If you recall a few days ago I had talked about the challenges for Hurricane Earl maintaining its ferocity. One of the main concerns that I had was a huge amount of dry air that Earl was getting ready to move in to. I was a bit surprised that the NHC didn’t mention it [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Environment, Hurricanes, News, Opinion, Science, Severe Weather, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, US History, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures, Earl Storm Surge Forecast, Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Earl Discussion, Hurricane Earl Forecast, Hurricane Earl Forecast Track, Hurricane Earl intensity forecast, Hurricane Earl IR Satellite, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Intensity Model, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Model, Hurricane Earl Storm Surge, Hurricane Earl Track, Hurricane Earl Visible Satellite loop, Hurricane Earl Warnings, Hurricane Earl Watches, hurricane eye definition, Hurricane Structure, Hurricane Warnings, N Atlantic Total Precipitable Water loop, National Hurricane Center, National Hurricane Center Discussion, North Atlantic Ir Satellite Loop, North Atlantic Water Vapor Loop, Science, storm surge definition, Storm Surge Potential Hurricane Earl, Tropical Depression 9, Tropical Depression 9 Spaghetti Model, Tropical Storm Gaston, Tropical Storm Gaston Spaghetti model | 1 Comment »
Click Here For The Most Recent Update Regarding Hurricane Earl’s Brush with the US East Coast If you recall, yesterday I mentioned that one aspect of the forecast regarding Hurricane Earl was the dry air in which Earl was moving into. I had thought that perhaps dry air might work its way into the circulation [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Environment, History, Hurricanes, News, Opinion, Science, Severe Weather, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, Weather | Tagged: Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures, Earl Storm Surge Forecast, Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Earl Discussion, Hurricane Earl Forecast, Hurricane Earl Forecast Track, Hurricane Earl intensity forecast, Hurricane Earl IR Satellite, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Intensity Model, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Model, Hurricane Earl Track, Hurricane Earl Visible Satellite loop, Hurricane Earl Warnings, Hurricane Earl Watches, hurricane eye definition, Hurricane Warnings, N Atlantic Total Precipitable Water loop, National Hurricane Center, National Hurricane Center Discussion, North Atlantic Ir Satellite Loop, North Atlantic Water Vapor Loop, Science, storm surge definition, Tropical Depression 9, Tropical Depression 9 Spaghetti Model, Tropical Storm Gaston, Tropical Storm Gaston Spaghetti model | 5 Comments »
CLICK HERE FOR MORE RECENT UPDATE CONCERNING HURRICANE EARL, HURRICANE WARNINGS AND WATCHES ALONG THE US EAST COAST AS FAR NORTH AS MASSACHUSETTS Hurricane Earl has been behaving like a well developed hurricane as during the day on Tuesday it has been going through an eyewall replacement cycle. Typically, the old eyewall collapses and a [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Environment, Hurricanes, News, Opinion, Science, Severe Weather, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: coriolis force defined, coriolis force explained, eye of the hurricane explained, Eyewall Replacement Cycle, Hurricane Earl, Hurricane Earl Discussion, Hurricane Earl Forecast, Hurricane Earl Forecast Track, Hurricane Earl intensity forecast, Hurricane Earl IR Satellite, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Intensity Model, Hurricane Earl Spaghetti Model, Hurricane Earl Track, Hurricane Earl Visible Satellite loop, hurricane eye definition, Hurricane eyewall replacement cycle explained defined, Hurricane Katrina Eyewall Replacement Cycle, National Hurricane Center, National Hurricane Center Discussion, North Atlantic Ir Satellite Loop, North Atlantic Water Vapor Loop, Saffir Simpson Scale, storm surge definition | 19 Comments »
On This Date in History: When a category 4 hurricane approached the Southeast Coast of Louisiana, residents who did not leave the city of New Orleans were urged to stock up on food that did not have to be cooked as well as plenty of water. They were urged to have an emergency radio and flashlights with fully charged batteries and [...]
Posted in American History, Bob Symon, Environment, History, Hurricanes, Louisville Forecast, Louisville Weather, News, Opinion, Politics, Politics, Science, This Date In History, US History, Weather, Weather and History | Tagged: Blanco request federal assistance for Katrina, Douglas Brinkley Deluge, Eyewall Replacement Cycle, Flood progression in New Orleans, Flooding from Katrina, Governor Blanco Katrina, Governor Mike Foster, Gulfport Mississippi Katrina, Hurricane Betsy 1965, Hurricane Betsy New Orleans, Hurricane Camille, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina Satellite, Insurrection Act, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Katrina Time Line, LBJ Tapes and response to Hurricane Betsy, Murphy J "Mike" Foster, New Orleans Flood Map, New Orleans Times Picayune, New Orleans Times Picayune Washing Away, Sen. Russell Long, SLOSH models, Storm Surge Katrina, Storm Surge Katrina Louisiana, Storm Surge Katrina Mississippi, Washington Post Katrina response, What Really Happened With Katrina | 2 Comments »
Sometimes, we react too weakly to the prospects of a hurricane. But, since the damage wrought by Wilma, Charlie, Ivan, Gustav, Ike and Katrina over the past few years it seems that the pendulum has swung the other way. I believe that it is better to be very prepared so an over reaction would be [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Environment, Hurricanes, News, Opinion, Science, Tropical Cyclones, tropical weather, Tropics, Weather | Tagged: Alex discussion National Hurricane Center for 10AM on Wednesday June 30 2010, Hurricane Alex, Hurricane Alex Forecast Track, Hurricane Alex IR Satellite loop, Hurricane Alex Spaghetti Intensiity models, Hurricane Alex spaghetti models, Hurricane Alex Visible Satellite Loop, King Ranch Texas, NASA TRMM radar, Precipitable Water North Atlantic | 1 Comment »
On this date in history: In 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland was a mess. All sorts of stuff spilling into the river made it a muck of sewage and chemicals. It was yuckadoo. It was so bad that on this date in 1969, the Cuhahoga River caught fire. It’s a great example of what [...]
Posted in American History, Bob Symon, Environment, History, Louisville Forecast, Louisville Weather, News, Politics, Science, This Date In History, US History, Weather | Tagged: 1952 Cuyahoga River Fire, 1969 Cuyahoga River Fire, Charity Water, Chesapeake Bay Pollution, China Daily, Clear Water Act 1972, Cuyahoga River on Fire, Global threat, Global Water Pollution, Global Water potable water shortage, Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, Louisville water pollution, Ohio River Pollution, Ozone depletion, Ozone Hole. 5th largest Ozone hole on record, Randy Newman, Water Pollution, Water Pollution Global Threat | 10 Comments »
There has been much talk about how to clean up the oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet, so far there there seems to have been more talk than action. There is a potential partial solution and I have no idea why it has not been implemented. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal wanted to build sand berms to keep [...]
Posted in Bob Symon, Environment, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Science | Tagged: 1993 Saudi Oil Spill, Biggest Oil Spill in World, bobby Jindal, BP oil spill, environmental battleship, Esquire gulf oil spill, Esquire magazine, Exxon Valdez, gulf oil skimmers, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf oil spill bird photos, Gulf Oil Spill Relief Well Progress, Gulf oil spill wildlife, Herman J Schellstede, IXTOC I, John Hofmeister, Matthew Simmons, New York Times environmental battleship, oil spills in Saudi Arabia 1993, Persian Gulf Oil Spill, Popular mechanics, Popular Mechanics Sea Clean Vessel, Royal Dutch Shell, sea clean vessel, supertanker oil skimmer, Supertanker skimmers | 7 Comments »
