October’s science meeting consisted of 4 presentations: Ghassan Alaka – A preliminary analysis of Joaquin Jason Dunion – Interesting observations from the P-3 lower-fuselage radar Jun Zhang – Effects of vertical and horizontal turbulent mixing on simulated hurricane intensity and structure Munehiko Yamaguchi, et al. – Overview of research and development for TC forecast guidance […]
OPERATIONS Thursday, 22 October 2015 NOAA43: Is flying an NHC operationally tasked reconnaissance mission into Hurricane Patricia. Take off was around 1430 UTC (10:30 AM Eastern) from Harlingen, TX. This means that the National Hurricane Center has requested this flight to collect data in Patricia. No HRD scientists will be on this flight. Friday, 23 October 2015 NOAA43: […]
The article (subscription only) can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00431672.2015.1067110.
OPERATIONS Wednesday, 21 October 2015 NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly an NHC operationally tasked reconnaissance mission into Tropical Storm Patricia. This means that the National Hurricane Center has requested this flight to collect data in Patricia. Take off is now set for 1630 UTC (12:30 PM Eastern) to and from Harlingen, TX. No HRD scientists will be […]
On October 20, 1780, a hurricane struck a Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Don José Solano y Bote Carrasco y Díaz. The ships were transporting 4,000 troops, led by Field Marshal Don Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, from Havana, Cuba, to carry out an attack on British-held Pensacola in West Florida. The storm […]
Just before local Noon of October 18, 2010, Super Typhoon Megi struck the Philippine Islands, causing substantial damage to the main island of Luzon. Megi developed from a depression which formed on Oct. 10th near Guam. As the storm began to move slowly northwestward, favorable conditions allowed it to organize and reach typhoon strength by […]
The article is available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/10/16/storm-story-flying-through-ritas-eye-was-safer-than-on-interstate-fleeing-hurricane/.
In the early morning hours of October 18, 1950, violent Hurricane King struck Miami, FL bringing wide-spread destruction to south Florida. It was the most devastating tropical cyclone to hit the area since the Great Miami hurricane of 1926. The storm had its origin on Oct. 13th, in the climatologically favored region for mid-October, the […]
On the evening of October 13, 1910, a hurricane struck the western tip of Cuba. Residents of Havana and Pinar del Rio province waited patiently for the storm to pass, but storm conditions persisted for the next five days, battering the coast and flooding the interior. The winds finally began to slack on Oct. 17th, […]
The article can be found at https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/10/13/2005-a-terrible-year-for-hurricanes-a-great-year-for-research/.
