WHERE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, LIGHTNING, BLIZZARDS, AND FLOODS ARE NO MATCH!
October 15th, 2009 at 2:12pm EDT
From NOAA:
El Niño in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean is expected to be a dominant climate factor that will influence the December through February winter weather in the United States, according to the 2009 Winter Outlook released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. Such seasonal outlooks are part [...]
Thu, October 15 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Hurricanes 2009, Press, Winter 2009/2010, snow, summer 2009 » 1 Comment
National Weather Festival
Saturday, November 7th
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
National Weather Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Norman, Oklahoma
Annual free open house featuring hourly weather balloon launches, children’s activities, Storm Chaser Car Show, tours of National Weather Service operations, amateur radio demonstration, VORTEX2 vehicles on display, WeatherFriends, HydroWorld, Science on a Sphere, business booths. Held the first weekend [...]
Fri, October 9 2009 » Fall 2009, VORTEX2, Weather Events (festivials, etc.), public display » No Comments
Hurricane Fred doesn’t appear to be much
September 10th, 2009
As Hurricane Fred dances to the Southwest and west of the Cape Verde Islands, it is forecast to weaken a bit. The 11pm update is just out and it shows Hurricane Fred at 85mph (Catagory 1) status, and not expected to raise again. Lots of [...]
Thu, September 10 2009 » Hurricanes 2009, Jason personal » No Comments
While I like to reserve some possibility, Hurricane Bill likely no a thread to US coastline.
August 19, 2009 at 11:42pm EDT
While US landfall is not likely with the strong hurricane now only 315 miles northeast from the Leeward Islands and 880 miles south-southeast of Bermuda, the storm is likely to pose some thread of coastal [...]
Wed, August 19 2009 » Hurricanes 2009, summer 2009 » No Comments
Three systems (Ana, Bill, Claudette) on the boards
August 16th, 2009 at 4:57pm EDT
New updates are due out anytime, so I’ll make this brief. We have quickly gone from a late starting season with no named storms through early/mid August, to as we speak two active systems (Tropical Storm Bill, and Tropical Storm Claudette). [...]
Sun, August 16 2009 » Hurricanes 2009, summer 2009, tropical storm coverage » No Comments
Still awaiting to see if TD#2 makes tropical storm status to become Ana.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:01pm EDT
At 6am Atlantic Standard Time (no daylight time in the ocean) the National Hurricane Center upgraded invest 99L up to Tropical Depression status based on visual satellite imagery and other data they were getting early this morning.
As of [...]
Tue, August 11 2009 » Hurricanes 2009, summer 2009 » No Comments
Will 99L diminish or regrow..what else is happening in the tropics.
August 10th, 2009 at 11:43pm EDT
Well, I’m a little late on blogging about the first good invest of the season, 99L. At the moment it may dimish overnight, based on the past few satellite runs, but the last run showed another burst of convection, [...]
Mon, August 10 2009 » Hurricanes 2009 » No Comments
Not severe weather, but something this cool has to be blogged
April 5th, 2009 at 11:43pm EDT
I don’t tend to cover fair weather or sunny days weatherwise, nor do I mention my personal outings even if it’s for photographs and video, but the Cherry Blossoms in DC is a really neat thing to see each year. [...]
Sun, April 5 2009 » IPR, Jason personal, Spring 2009 » No Comments