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Category Archives: Severe Weather Events
Who needs a Forensic Marine Weather Expert?
When weather events at sea cause damage to ships and cargo or injure crew members, just how do you determine what happened? All ship masters make frequent log entries regarding the ship’s position, vessel condition, fuel and water reserves, as well as the weather encountered. When tens of thousands to millions of dollars are at stake, the various parties involved in a marine venture need to know what actual weather conditions were encountered. Continue reading
Carnival Sunshine runs into large waves returning from Bahamas
The cruise ship Carnival Sunshine ran into some large waves churned up by a storm off the Southeast coast delaying its return from the Bahamas over the Memorial Day weekend. Continue reading
Posted in Cruise Weather, Ocean Storms, Ocean Weather, Severe Weather Events
Tagged Bahamas, Cruise Weather, North Atlantic, Ocean Weather, Storm
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Floods in Italy force thousands of people to leave their homes
Intense rainfall in mid-May resulted in severe flooding in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna displacing over 30,000 people and killing 14. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Floods, Severe Weather Events
Tagged Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Flooding, Mediterranean Sea
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Record Rainfall in Fort Lauderdale
Reord rainfall in Fort Lauderdale. A stationary supercell thunderstorm that centered itself near Fort Lauderdale, Florida produced prolonged periods of 3+ inch hourly rainfalls creating widespread flooding. Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Flooding, Florida, Meteorology, Storm
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Pacific Hurricane Force Storm
A rapidly intensifying low over the west-central North Pacific will move ENE to NE producing storm to hurricane force winds Continue reading
Posted in Hurricane-Force, North Pacific, Ocean Weather, Severe Weather Events
Tagged Hurricane Force, North Pacific, Ocean Weather, Storm
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Late July Heavy Rains and Flooding in the Midwest
Heavy rain fell north of a stationary front (a boundary between warm humid air and cooler air to the north) across southern Missouri and Illinois, and eastward into Kentucky. Strong low-level winds (around 5,000 feet) brought in high amounts of low-level moisture which interacted with the front and with an upper-level jet stream to the north and produced a mesoscale convective system (complex of thunderstorms moving across the same area for more than 6 hours). Continue reading
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