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HRD Debrief for missions into Tropical Storm Karen – 7 October 2013

HRD researchers and our IFEX partners discussed the results from the 4 P-3 and 1 G-IV missions into Tropical Storm Karen. The agenda for the discussion was: Missions Overview Science Discussions Karen missions Tail Doppler Radar performance HWRF Modeling performance Slides from the debrief are available in a pdf presentation at:   ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/meetings/2013/HFP/TS_Karen_debrief_all.pdf For detailed information […]

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50th anniversary of Hurricane Flora

On October 3, 1963 Hurricane Flora made landfall in Haiti. The storm had already dumped torrential rains over the Dominican Republican (already inundated by Hurricane Edith the week before) and it continued to do the same over Haiti, where Miragoane reported 57 inches. The hurricane continued over the Windward Passage to Cuba and spent the […]

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120th anniversary of “Cheniere Caminada” hurricane

On October 2, 1893, during one of the most destructive hurricane seasons in United States’ history, a late-season hurricane struck Cheniere Caminada, LA.  It’s estimated 135 mph winds drove an 18 foot storm surge over the island village and the hurricane caused nearly 2000 deaths and $5 million in damage.  The storm had brushed the […]

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Blog posting suspended

Due to the Federal Government shutdown, NOAA.gov and most associated web and social media channels are unavailable.  This blog will not be actively maintained during the Federal Government shutdown.  Only web sites necessary to protect lives and property will be maintained.  See weather.gov for critical weather information or contact usa.gov for more information about the […]

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HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Ingrid – 26 September 2013

HRD researchers and our IFEX partners discussed the results from the 5 P-3 and 3 G-IV missions into Hurricane Ingrid. The agenda for the discussion (presenter/s) was: Missions Overview (Reasor) Science Discussions G-IV: TDR (Gamache) N42: TDR (Rogers) N43: TDR/OW/Shear (Uhlhorn/Chang/Reasor) NASA HS3 Coordination (Rogers/Dunion/Chang) Additional Field Program Issues HWIND/Modeling/HEDAS (Murillo/Zhang/Aksoy/Aberson) Slides from the debrief […]

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