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Tag Archives: Meteorology
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
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
Posted in Climate Change, Floods, Severe Weather Events
Tagged Climate Change, Flooding, Florida, Meteorology, Storm
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High Pressure Block to Develop over Northeastern Atlantic
An upper-level blocking pattern is forecast to develop over the Northeastern North Atlantic over the next several days which will deflect low tracks northward Continue reading
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Tagged Meteorology, North Atlantic, Ocean Weather, Weather Routing
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What is a Storm Surge?
Storm Surge is the abnormal sea level elevations (or depressions) caused by winds and atmospheric pressure. The components are: 1. Coastal set up (down) by the along shore wind stress. In deep water, the Earth’s rotation causes a water to … Continue reading
Posted in Meteorology, Ocean Storms, Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, Weather Wisdom
Tagged Florida, Meteorology, Storm Surge, Tides, Weather Wisdom
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Global temperatures may fall as the El Nino weakens
The past year’s strong El Nino started to heat the tropical atmosphere starting last spring with the global temperatures following later as the heat was redistributed around the globe. The tropical temperatures peaked in early January with the global temperatures … Continue reading
1950 Super Storm Remembered
I was only 2 years old at the time but still have some hazy distant memory of a storm that may have initiated my interest in meteorology later in life. I was living in Passaic, NJ at the time in … Continue reading
Posted in Meteorology, Ocean Storms, Weather History
Tagged History, Meteorology, North Atlantic, Ocean Weather, Storm
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Recent SOI values suggest rapid end to El Nino
The SOI measures the difference in surface air pressure between Tahiti and Darwin. Sustained positive SOI values above about +8 indicate a La Niña event while sustained negative values below about –8 indicate an El Niño. Positive values indicate enhanced … Continue reading
Mariner’s Guide to Ocean Waves
There are five types of ocean waves: 1. Wind generated 2. Tides 3. Seiches 4. Tsunamis 5. Pressure induced 1. Wind-Generated Wind-generated waves are the most common waves found on the ocean and are the result from stress on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Meteorology, Ocean Waves, Ocean Weather, Rogue Waves, Storm, Tides, Wave energy, Wave height, Wave length
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