Category Archives: Tropical

What does the rest of the hurricane season look like?

Posted on August 17, 2020 by WeatherGuys Editor

On this date in 1969, Hurricane Camille, the second-worst hurricane in U.S. history, made landfall on the Mississippi coast with 190-mph winds at Bay St. Louis.

Camille claimed 256 lives. Continue reading →

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Where are we on hurricane season thus far?

Posted on August 3, 2020 by WeatherGuys Editor

The official season stretches from June 1 through Nov. 30. One measure of the activity of a season is the number of named storms — those that reach or exceed sustained winds of 39 mph — that season accrues.

This year, for the sixth year in a row, Atlantic tropical storms formed before the official start of the season with Arthur and Bertha developing in May. Continue reading →

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When is hurricane season?

Posted on June 1, 2020 by WeatherGuys Editor

The peak of hurricane activity in the tropical waters south and southeast of the United States is typically in early to mid-September.

But hurricanes can occur any month of the year; the calendar isn’t the important thing — the ocean temperatures and the lack of wind shear are. Continue reading →

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How was the 2019 hurricane season?

Posted on November 25, 2019 by WeatherGuys Editor

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on Nov. 30, will go down as the fourth-most active hurricane season on record.

There were 18 named storms and 20 tropical cyclones in total, although many were weak and short-lived, especially late in the season. Continue reading →

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What is the hurricane cone of uncertainty?

Posted on September 17, 2019 by WeatherGuys Editor

Starting in the 1950s and up until the 1980s, meteorologists forecast the path of hurricanes using statistical prediction based on past data and current climatological data.

Today, weather computer models are primarily used for the forecasting. Continue reading →

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