Chamela, Mexico Patricia Damage

With all the commotion Hurricane Patricia caused late last week, very little was said about the damage left in its wake. Was the system overblown? No way. Hurricane Patricia just didn’t hit the “right” places. Hurricane Patricia managed to bypass major cities, thus less is known about the actual severity of Hurricane Patricia. Certain (ignorant) […]

Sunday Bowling Green Weather Update

Real-time Bowling Green weather radar: Today, 10/25 – Showers Early; Mostly Cloudy – High 66˚ / Tonight – Mostly Cloudy; Slight Chance of Showers – Low 52˚ Good morning, Bowling Green! As we head into the next several days, the weather outlook will be somewhat wet and dreary. A cold front has allowed for cooler […]

Hurricane Patricia Fine Display of Dines Compensation

There are many laws and theories that govern synoptic and mesoscale meteorology. However, one of my favorites has always been Dines Compensation. Essentially, as air converges at the surface, it is forced upward, where it is eventually diverged aloft. This is because very little air escapes through the tropopause into the stratosphere, and the height […]

Hurricane Patricia

The past 24 hours have been a whirlwind as tropical storm Patricia intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour. It looks to make landfall Friday evening, bringing with it destructive winds, rain, and deadly storm surge. Hurricane Patricia looks to hit central Mexico between Cabo Corrientes and […]