hurricanes

What a Difference a Model Makes!

Published on August 20, 2023 by Marica

I have been following the rare west coast hurricane. I found this particularly interesting. (Screen shots all taken within seconds of each other.) The model on the left is NHC-EP from US National Hurricane Center (an agency within NOAA). The center model is UKM from the UK (can’t quickly figure out what the M is

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Not even close

Published on June 19, 2021 by Marica

The forecast and reality are even more off when you put the radar in motion. Whereas we were not forecast to get any rain to speak of, I’m pretty sure we’re going to get rain. Probably not too much, but more than none.

The year of the tropical storm

Published on November 10, 2020 by Marica

You’ll need this as we approach December.

Theta

Published on November 10, 2020 by Marica

Mr. Big Food just brought me coffee and said his ABCs in Greek.

ETA bit

Published on November 8, 2020 by Marica

I’m not too keen on using this sort of language— especially on a Sunday morning— but this is just retarded looking. This is what happens when you value models more than common sense.

Not the but one of

Published on November 7, 2020 by Marica

the strangest things ve ever seen. But then again, remember that year when there were two tropical depressions n the Gulf at the same time?

Just Keeping You in My Loop

Published on October 31, 2020 by Marica

What are the ABC Islands? That infallible source: The ABC islands are the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea that lie north of Falcón State, Venezuela.[1] In order alphabetically they are Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. All three islands are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, although they remain outside the European Union. Aruba and Curaçao are autonomous, self-governing constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,

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There’s Work to Do | Zeta

Published on October 30, 2020 by Marica

I was listening the radio this morning. At some point yesterday there were a quarter of a million people without power in Mississippi. They expected Zeta to slow down and weaken after it made landfall near New Orleans. Zeta did not do that. There was also a cold front moving west-east and so there were

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Thirty-one

Published on October 29, 2020 by Marica

Yesterday I wondered how many posts I had tagged “hurricanes” this year. Answer? 31 2019 = 5 2018 = 1 2015 = 4 2013 = 1 2012 = 3 Now– all of this really means is that I’ve tagged at least six times as many posts w/ “hurricane” as I have in previous years. At

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What’s the last weekend in October like without…

Published on October 28, 2020 by Marica

a hurricane? Her name’s Zeta, by the way. Looks like she made landfall not too long ago. It would be interesting to see how many posts there have been here this year tagged ‘hurricanes.’

Sure, why not?

Published on October 25, 2020 by Marica

I got nothin’.

Zeta

Published on October 25, 2020 by Marica

Need more coffee.

I kid you not | Epsilon

Published on October 19, 2020 by Marica

Won’t bother much of anyone but still. There’s another disturbance in the Gulf but it has only a 10% probability of developing into a cyclone in the next five days. If it does, it will be named Zeta.

“Does anybody care?”

Published on October 11, 2020 by Marica

The U.S. Gulf Coast is no stranger to hurricanes, and its people are resilient, Lake Charles resident Katie Prejean McGrady said. But the double punch of the back-to-back storms — on top of the pandemic — has left many in the community reeling, she said. “I’m taxed out. And I think that’s most people in

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Make of this what you will

Published on October 8, 2020 by Marica

Your Mid-day Delta Update

Published on October 7, 2020 by Marica

I am in hurricane prep, workshop contingency plan, man I really backed myself into a corner this time mode. Nonrandom thought. Delta could not have chosen a worse time. Random thought that I think from time to time. You never forget your first hurricane.

Delta Tuesday

Published on October 6, 2020 by Marica

Delta has maintained a very deep central dense overcast during the past several hours, with overshooting cloud-top temperatures to -90C, and perhaps hints of an eye trying to emerge. On the last pass through the center, the Air Force plane reported a 4-mb pressure fall in one hour to 968 mb, with believable SFMR values

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