It might seem counterintuitive, but the dreaded polar vortex is bringing its icy grip to parts of the U.S. thanks to a sudden blast of warm air in the Arctic. https://www.voanews.com/a/science-says-get-used-to-polar-vortex-outbreaks/4763045.html Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather? https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-is-arctic-warming-linked-to-polar-vortext-other-extreme-weather
Amy Goodman from Democracy Now interviews Mike Mann on Hurricane Florence, and the connection to climate change. How the weaker jet stream comes in. My colleagues have shown the weakening over the past decades here in Science https://twitter.com/rahmstorf/status/1039618555128557569 Watch the full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OuVTEfBatY
Climate scientist Kerry Emanuel describes physics behind expected increase in storm strength due to climate change. http://news.mit.edu/2017/kerry-emanuel-hurricanes-are-taste-future-0921 Video via Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MIT https://www.youtube.com/user/EAPSweb/videos Speaker: Kerry A. Emanuel, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science, Co-Director of the Lorenz Center Natural disasters are the result of the interaction of a natural phenomenon…
Hurricane Irma landfall footage compilation, from September 11, including from Cuba earlier September 9, 2017. Reed Timmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu Steve Petyerak https://twitter.com/StevePetyerak/status/906484091473842181 Carmen Perez https://twitter.com/carmen_aperez/status/906483485124296704 Stormtrack via Windy.com https://www.windy.com/?2017-09-18-12,24.607,-85.408,6,m:enmadP5 Hurricane Irma — Prepare Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxL9r1M6S0w ISS Pass Over Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Irma 9/8/17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODiWspJYaXQ Space to Ground: Tracking a Monster: 09/08/2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVD4BtM9gJM Irma Tracked from…
If Hurricane #Irma takes ECMWF 12z slightly west track, huge wind gusts for Florida from Keys to Miami, Tampa & Orlando, Tallahassee & Jax. https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/905861946167238656 Hot water ahead for Hurricane Irma https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2625/hot-water-ahead-for-hurricane-irma
Gerry Bell of NOAA gives an update on the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook (typically lasting from June 1 to November 30), and how to prepare for the hurricane season. More info from NOAA available at: Preparation http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/hurricane_preparedness.html Hurricane Safety Tips and Resources http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane Active storm map http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
We’re talking about the science behind Hurricane Matthew using NASA satellite observations from space. NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission or GPM core satellite saw tremendous amounts of rainfall throughout Haiti. GPM has now captured Matthew near the Florida coast undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle, a process that may re-intensify the storm. NASA scientists Dr. Owen…
October 3, 2016: Colossal amounts of rain are soaking Haiti and the Dominican Republic as Category 4 Hurricane Matthew heads for an encounter with the western end of Hispaniola. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ As of the National Hurricane Center’s update at 8:00 pm EDT Monday, Matthew was located about 200 miles south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, moving just east…
A ‘Rex Block’ likely to trap Tropical Storm Hermine near New Jersey coast Read full article http://mashable.com/2016/09/02/hermine-coastal-flooding-mid-atlantic/