TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The tropics remained active Tuesday as communities across the Southeast U.S. work to recover from Hurricane Helene. According to the National Hurricane Center’s September report, tropical cyclone activity was close to average in terms of named storms – six total named s...
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An overview of the tropics in the Atlantic.(FOX Weather) Elsewhere across the Atlantic, upper-level winds and dry air are making their way through the basin, which is common during July. The FOX Forecast Center said the plumes of Saharan dust are being tracked across the Atlantic Ocean, whi...
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic)August 25, 2020 The strength of a hurricane is measured by wind speed, and the National Hurricane Center's latest update predicts a better than 70% chance of the storm maintaining hurricane wind speeds into the Shreveport area. To be considered a ...
However, since conventional measurements (i.e., rawinsondes and aircraft) of the atmospheric motion field are very sparse over the tropics, it is difficult to quantitatively assess the role of the shear. For instance, it is known from operational forecasting experience, that a TC can strengthen...