The 2020 North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Season
Here is an infographic of the 2020 North Atlantic tropical cyclone season. The season officially ends on the 30th of November, but who know …
Tropical Cyclones
Fiery low may become subtropical
There’s a 30% chance according to the NHC that the fiery low that I mentioned yesterday may take on subtropical characteristics, either way it …
2020 the busiest North Atlantic tropical cyclone season on record
If you rank North Atlantic tropical cyclone by number of tropical storms and hurricanes, 2020 has now shot past 2005 as the busiest on …
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Scientists come up with yet another new metric in their vain search for the “master ring”
The obvious thing that Pinaki Chakraborty has forgotten to factor into his study – in which he finds that hurricanes now take 33 rather …
Epsilon definitely one to watch
The next tropical cyclone has not even been named yet but the latest run of the GFS model thinks that the low 700 miles …
CNN Facts First
I thought that I would take a look at the CNN politics Facts First article regarding what Vice President of the United States Mike …
Are Atlantic tropical cyclones intensifying more quickly?
I have just read a recent report Tropical cyclone intensification trends during satellite era (1986–2010) that claims that the world’s tropical cyclones are intensifying …
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Hurricane Delta
Will Delta make a right turn? The 2020 North Atlantic tropical cyclone has sprung back into life after a quite spell with a couple …
All quiet on the western front
Is the tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic just taking a breather or is that it for this year? The North Atlantic tropical …
Paulette refuses to die
Ex-hurricane Paulette is showing signs of life again south of the Azores and is attempting to return from the dead for the third time!Other …
Teddy makes landfall near Ecum Secum
Ex-hurricane Teddy has made landfall in Nova Scotia close to a place called Ecum Secum. I realise that my plotted 12 UTC chart hasn’t …
Paulette returns from the grave
On the 12th of September the ACE index in the Atlantic for 2020 was slightly below the LTA, but ten days later with the …
Equinoctial gales: fact or fiction?
Equinoctial galesThe implication contained in this term, which is in fairly wide popular use, that GALES are either more frequent or more severe near …
Medicane Ianos
The medicane/cyclone which I have watching for the last couple of days has now been given the name of Ianos by somebody or other …
Teddy takes a swipe at Nova Scotia
High pressure in the central Atlantic looks to be deflecting what remains of hurricane Teddy towards Nova Scotia by next Wednesday.
Greek ‘medicane’ update
It certainly looks like a stormy start to the weekend over mainland Greece. I’m not sure just how accurate the German ICON model is, …
Medicane in the Med?
There are reports that a low to the southeast of Sicily in the Mediterranean sea may evolve into a ‘medicane’ as it tracks northeast …
Weather buoy 42012 close to eye of Sally * updated*
The weather buoy 42012 just of the coast of Alabama is very close to the eye of hurricane Sally this morning. According to the …
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Hurricane Paulette bearing down on Bermuda *updated*
Hurricane Paulette is bearing down on Bermuda at 06 UTC (14 September 2020) this morning and is likely to make a direct hit later …
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Never mind the quantity feel the width…
Many storms little ACE The 2020 Atlantic tropical cyclone season has been setting records ever since it started with the number of named tropical …
Typhoon Haishen – 6 September 06 UTC
Typhoon Haishen is still heading north at 18 knots this morning according to the JMA and bearing down on the island of Yakushima. Intensity …
Super Typhoon Haishen brushes close to Minamidaitōjima
Super Typhoon Haishen has this evening (15 UTC on Saturday) brushed close by the island of Minamidaitōjima in the Pacific Ocean. Minamidaitōjima lies 190 …
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The frequency of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic since 1851
There is no doubt the number of tropical cyclones has increased since 1851 in the North Atlantic and all the linear trends are tilting …
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