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With the tropics continuing to look quiet in the Atlantic Ocean, we shift our attention to the eastern Pacific where Hurricane Simon could be a threat to western Mexico. Not to be confused with Simon Cowell, Hurricane Simon is currently situated 400 miles west of Baja California. Simon is a weak Category 2 hurricane with a low pressure […]
Tag: Satellite
Hurricane Rachel to Weaken in Eastern Pacific
The tropical season has been very quiet over the past few weeks in the Atlantic Ocean. If you are looking to find a tropical disturbance, you’ll have to turn to the eastern Pacific where Hurricane Rachel is churning over open water. Rachel is a category 1 hurricane currently positioned 400 miles southwest of the Baja peninsula […]
Weather Tools for Weather Enthusiasts
There are plenty of easy-to-use weather tools available to anyone. For those of you interested in going a little deeper than the typical TV forecast, check out these sites. Severe Weather and Model Guidance: Storm Prediction Center (SPC) The SPC website has plenty of tools available to keep up to date with the latest severe […]
NASA Mission, MAVEN Spacecraft to Mars
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is about to enter the orbit of Mars after nearly a 10 month, 442 million mile journey to the planet. NASA believes this robot is going to help pave the way for Human exploration of the planet in the future. NASA discusses some of the primary goals […]
Atlantic Tropical Disturbance
As previously mentioned, the tropics are heating up once again. An Atlantic tropical disturbance has been noted in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and is beginning to become a bit better organized. The National Hurricane Center gives the disturbance a 70% chance of forming into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours. “A Hurricane Hunter […]
Fireball Reports Last Night
There were 95 reports of a fireball seen shooting through the sky last night in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and New jersey. All of the reports came in around 10:15 P.M. EST. It is still not known whether this was a meteor shooting through the sky or satellite debris. Check out this video […]
Hurricane Arthur Analysis
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 […]
Hurricane Arthur Images
We all know by now about Hurricane Arthur, but here are some amazing satellite images and images orbiting from the ISS as it has recently developed an eye wall. SEE: #Satellite image of #Hurricane #Arthur. For advisories, see http://t.co/vbanWuS2oW & http://t.co/OO9UdAjSo2 pic.twitter.com/d2q3Yj5aeD — NOAA (@NOAA) July 3, 2014 Hurricane #Arthur has grown an […]
MCS Satellite Images
There have been some impressive storms the past few days across the central United States, and resultantly some impressive satellite images to go along with them. To the west of the magnificent storms we saw in Bowling Green was a massive amount of energy exploding into the atmosphere. Vivid hi-res #satellite image of #MCS […]
Derechos
Every now and then a particular synoptic setup occurs in which a large complex of thunderstorms tracks hundreds of miles and causes widespread wind damage. When these bow echoes remain fairly organized and severe over a certain distance and length of time, they are often referred to as Derechos; a Spanish word which means “direct” or “straight […]