The current NHC forecast has Hurricane Earl passing about 100 miles east of the Outer Banks and about 75 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The barrier islands of North Carolina and the easternmost tip of Massachusetts remain within the cone of uncertainty. Models are in very good agreement regarding Earl’s track through the next [...]
Tropical cyclones that develop over the eastern Atlantic are known as Cape Verde storms (named after the archipelago off the western coast of Africa). “Cape Verde season” typically begins around August 15th and lasts through September. During this time period, sea surface temperatures are their highest and upper-level winds are their most favorable for [...]
Hurricane Alex made landfall June 30, 2010 around 9 PM CDT near the municipality of Soto La Marina, Mexico, which is about 110 miles south of Brownsville, Texas. It made landfall as a category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105 mph. Southern Texas experienced wind gusts up to 60 mph and rainfall of 6-12 [...]
When a storm is this close to landfall, it is good to start “nowcasting.” This term is used in the weather world to refer to the act of forecasting based on current observations as opposed to using the various meteorological models available. For the last two days, the models have been indicating that Tropical Storm [...]
Tropical Storm Alex Tropical Storm Alex became the first named storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season on June 26th. It made landfall over the southern Yucatan Peninsula early on June 27th and emerged over the Gulf of Mexico about 24 hours later. As of June 28th at 3PM MDT, Tropical Storm Alex is off the [...]
