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From wunderground.com September 26, 2017 Tropical Storm Harvey has set a preliminary U.S. rainfall record for any tropical storm or hurricane on record. According to the NWS in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a gauge near Nederland, Texas has reported a preliminary 64.58 inches of rain between Aug. 24 and Sep. 1. If confirmed, it would be the heaviest […]
Brian Donegan Published: September 26, 2017 September 2017, with Category 5 hurricanes Irma and Maria and Category 4 Hurricane Jose, has been the most active month of any Atlantic hurricane season on record. (MORE: Hurricane Central) Though not necessarily indicative of impact, a good way to rank the most extreme months of a hurricane season is using a parameter called […]
Dr. Jeff Masters · September 20, 2017 Above image: Damage on the Lesser Antilles island of Dominica, after Hurricane Maria hit as a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. Maria killed at least 7 people on Dominica, and 2 on neighboring Guadeloupe. Image from a video by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. After […]
THIS POST SHALL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY AS MARIA CROSSES PUERTO RICO! 11.55am BST BREAKING: Hurricane Maria has made landfall on the southeast shore of Puerto Rico as a 155 mph Cat 4 storm. Slight weakening occurred just prior to PR landfall with the collapse of eye and replacement of outer eyewall. #Maria making landfall […]
Hurricane Jose is barely a hurricane and isn’t looking healthy with most of the convection and energy on the northern side as seen in the latest infrared loop. While Jose will weaken and won’t directly impact the United States, it will bring wet and windy conditions up and down the East Coast with greatest impacts […]
The GFS ensemble 500mb height anomaly 5 day increments continue to show a vulnerable US coastline with eastern Canada ridge which opens the door to tropical cyclone hits underneath. We don’t just have Jose on the table which is likely to be mainly a strong Nor’easter for the Northeast with last minute weakening and recurve next week but the models […]
acquired August 25 – September 10, 2017 acquired August 25, 2017 download large image (6 MB, JPEG, 11117×7664) acquired September 10, 2017 download large image (5 MB, JPEG, 11117×7664) Hurricane Irma churned across the Atlantic Ocean in September 2017, battering several Caribbean islands before moving on to the Florida Keys and the U.S. mainland. As […]
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 […]
By Jonathan Erdman Sep 11 2017 07:00 AM EDT weather.com Newly released images from Digital Globe show the devastation left behind by Hurricane Irma. Among the scenes in this imagery are damaged homes, new cuts in beaches and thousands of defoliated trees. Hurricane Irma’s devastation in the Caribbean is being further revealed by new aerial […]
By Matthew Cappucci By Matthew Cappucci Capital Weather Gang September 11 It didn’t take long for Tampa-area residents to flock out onto the bay after it went dry Sunday afternoon. Some thought it would be neat to forgo the use of a bridge. Others were left scratching their heads at the eerie phenomenon. Other instances of […]
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