Hurricane Arthur is less than 12 hours away from making a landfall in eastern North Carolina. I’m going to give some radar analysis of Arthur and provide you with some links to track Hurricane Arthur’s progression this evening and afternoon. Around 5:15 this evening I took a broad look at Hurricane Arthur. At this time […]
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Arthur Reaches Hurricane Strength
As we mentioned yesterday, there was potential that Arthur would intensify to hurricane strength. This morning, that came true. Hurricane Arthur becomes the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, with max sustained winds of ~80mph. Here is what Arthur looks like via visible satellite: This tropical system is currently crawling at ~10mph northeast along the […]
Tropical Storm Arthur Is Here
We have been watching Invest 91L pretty closely over the past few days, and this morning this low was able to strengthen into the first named Tropical Storm of the Atlantic hurricane season…Tropical Storm Arthur. This occurred soon after 91L was upgraded to a Tropical Depression last night. A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for […]
Tropical Update
Arthur Watch…Day 3 The big question in the tropics this week has become whether or not we will see this area of low pressure currently named Invest 91L become a tropical storm. IF it were to do so, this would become the first named storm of the season: Tropical Storm Arthur. The Hurricane Hunters flew […]
Tropical Update
It’s time to see how 91L has been doing in the Atlantic Ocean today. There has not been much movement and the area of low pressure is currently 230 miles off of the Florida Coast. The National Hurricane Center is now giving this disturbance a 60% chance of development over the next 48 hours and […]
Hurricane Hunters Take Flight Today
The National Hurricane Center is keeping their eye on an area of low pressure in the Caribbean 40 miles east of the Mexican coastline. Forecasters have given this area a 70% chance of forming into a tropical depression. The NOAA Hurricane Hunters will actually be flying into the storm today to gather some data for […]