OPERATIONS Wednesday, 24 Aug 2016 No flights are scheduled for today. Thursday, 25 Aug 2016 NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly a Genesis/Rapid Intensification Experiment research mission into AL99 – the tropical disturbance north of the Leeward Islands. Take off is scheduled for 0600 UTC (2AM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. The […]
On August 20, 1886, a major hurricane struck Indianola, Texas, wiping out the city and altering the economy and history of the state. The storm was first detected 250 miles (400 km) east of Trinidad on the morning of Aug. 12th. By evening it passed over Barbados as a tropical storm. It moved steadily northwestward […]
On August 19, 1991, Hurricane Bob brushed the tip of Long Island and came ashore in Rhode Island. Although only a Category 2 hurricane at that time, Bob managed to rack up a sizable damage bill to become one of the costliest New England hurricanes. Bob formed from a disturbance that split from a frontal […]
HRD researchers discussed the results from the 5 P-3, and 2 G-IV missions into Tropical Storm Colin (5-6 June 2016), Hurricane Earl (2-3 August 2016), and Tropical Storm Javier (8-9 August 2016). The agenda for the discussion was: Slides from the debrief are available at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/meetings/2016/HFP/Colin-Earl-Javier_debrief.pptx
On August 18, 1916, a major hurricane struck Baffin Bay, Texas. It was the strongest storm to hit southern Texas since the Indianola hurricane thirty years prior. The storm had also brought destruction to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The storm was first detected by ships east of Barbados on Aug. 12th. It passed over […]
On August 18, 1891, a major hurricane struck the island of Martinique, killing a large number of people. It went on to ravage the northern Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida. The storm was first detected on the morning of Aug. 18th as a full-blown hurricane 100 miles (160 km) east of Barbados. The storm moved northwestward […]
On August 18, 1981, Tropical Storm Dennis made landfall in the Florida Keys and dumped heavy rains on south Florida. Although a weak tropical cyclone throughout its life cycle, Dennis proved the most damaging Atlantic storm for the 1981 hurricane season. Dennis formed from an African Easterly Wave that came off Africa on Aug. […]
On August 15-16, 1281, a typhoon struck the Japanese home island of Kyushu, sinking and scattering a Mongolian fleet bent on invading Japan. A previous invasion effort by Kublai Khan seven years before had met a similar fate. This time the typhoon raged for two days, and many ships of the invasion fleet were flat-bottomed […]
Prof. Raymond presented a seminar on “Balanced Dynamics and Convection in the Tropical Atmosphere”. A recording of the presentation is available on the anonymous ftp site: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/seminars/2016/Raymond_HRD_Seminar_20160811.mp4
On August 16, 2001, NASA began the fourth in its Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) field programs. The CAMEX campaigns were designed to examine the moisture budgets and convective structure of tropical cyclones, and were carried out in conjunction with HRD’s annual hurricane field program. The 2001 campaign centered around NASA’s DC-8 and ER-2 research aircraft […]
