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acquired August 27 – September 12, 2017 acquired August 27 – September 12, 2017 acquired August 27, 2017 download large image (16 MB, JPEG, 9351×7044) acquired September 12, 2017 download large image (12 MB, JPEG, 9351×7044) After Hurricane Irma, satellite images indicated a widespread browning of many Caribbean islands in the storm’s destructive path. These […]
Hurricane Irma continues to raise the bar in the threshold of hurricane power. Firstly setting a new record for strongest Atlantic hurricane outside of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico to a tie with Florida Keys 1935, Gilbert 1988 and Wilma 2005 for 2nd strongest in Atlantic based on 185 mph sustained winds. Allen 1980 has winds of 190 mph. However… […]
THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT TODAY Tuesday PM UPDATE: Hurricane Irma becomes first Atlantic Category 5 of 2017 and strongest since Felix 10 years ago. https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/905037369627222016 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/905042432286277632 https://twitter.com/AndyHazelton/status/905036680457064448 Tuesday AM…. Clear of the dry air from a few days ago, Irma is free and continues to strengthen into a monster. Currently down to 937mb, Irma is packing […]
Tropical Storm Harvey swept through the eastern Caribbean nation of Barbados Thursday-Friday causing damage and flooding rainfall. Winds gusted in excess of 50 mph with some locals saying this was the worst impacts from a tropical storm to hit the island nation since the 1980s. https://twitter.com/ClaudeTITINA/status/898541739740459009 https://twitter.com/ClaudeTITINA/status/898541849727709184 https://twitter.com/anumetservice/status/898643638183448576 https://twitter.com/anumetservice/status/898637785103511552
As expected, Franklin became the Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2017 over the Bay of Campeche before making a second landfall in the state of Veracruz with maximum winds of 85 mph. https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/895586754002014208 Franklin quickly weakened after landfall with circulation structure torn apart by the high topography of central Mexico. Despite the rapid weakening, the remnants […]
Franklin came ashore over Mexico’s southern Yucatan as a 60 mph tropical storm, weakened over land but brought significant rainfall as you would expect. Now that he’s back over water and warmer water than before, he’s re-strengthening and expected to become the season’s first hurricane prior to a secondary Mexico landfall. Water temps near 90F remain just […]
A piece of frigid Antarctic air pushed north over southern South America this past week bringing rare heavy snowfalls to many places including Santiago. Frost and temperatures below -5C (22F) have been observed in parts of Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay with parts of the Andes crippled by metres deep snow and temperatures down to -25C. […]
Fast start’s to a hurricane season doesn’t in itself mean a busy season ahead, however a busy ‘early season’ where there’s been 5 systems as of mid July and more is on the table in the near term, this does raise some eyebrows. Why? The reason is down to record warm waters in the MDR which […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from May 2007 Tornado Outbreak) Jump to: navigation, search Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007 Satellite perspective of the tornadic supercells over the Great Plains on the evening of May 5 Type Extratropical cyclone Tornado outbreak Duration May 4–6, 2007 Tornadoes confirmed 129 confirmed Max rating1 EF5 tornado Duration […]
A bane to shipping and a little earlier than normal but since late March over 600 huge icebergs have neared Newfoundland’s north and eastern shores. The last 3 weeks has nearly seen as many icebergs than in all of 2016. The vast majority of icebergs around the Grand Banks is calved off the Greenland ice sheet and drift south with wind and current […]
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