Summary: Objects on land and the land itself cause wind to be weaker at the surface than above due to friction. In hurricanes, the strongest wind occurs where friction is no longer important, near the top of a region we call the boundary layer. Some people live close to the surface, but others live in […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provided critical assistance during the international search and rescue (SAR) and recovery efforts that followed the sinking of the M/V Bourbon Rhode in Hurricane Lorenzo last fall. This intra-agency NOAA effort included Hurricane Hunters from the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC), scientists from the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and […]
May’s science meeting consisted of six presentations: Michael Fischer: An examination of local shear, vortex tilt, and tropical cyclone intensity change using airborne radar observations Erica Bower: Towards an Automated Approach to Analyzing Extreme Precipitation and Tropical Cyclones Hua Leighton: Ice Particle Size Distributions from Composites of Microphysics Observations Collected in Tropical Cyclones Laura Ko: […]
For Hurricane Preparedness Week, learn about hurricanes in this new video from Dr. Holbach who explains storm surge. “Don’t underestimate the power of water.”
This week is Hurricane Preparation Week. Learn about hurricanes in this new video from Dr. Holbach who explains the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv4TS7flmAQ.
The Stepped-Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) workshop brought together experts on the SFMR from NOAA, the US Air Force, and ProSensing Inc. as well as forecasters from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The goal of this workshop was to discuss the current status of the SFMR and ongoing updates to further improve the SFMR and consistency between the operations of […]
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Starting today, NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team are hosting a series of hurricane awareness webinars. These webinars will cover various topics such as new efforts happening at NHC, marine weather, the impacts of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, the economic value of a hurricane forecast, and the […]
The meeting is held annually to present recent work on the technology, science, and operations of dropwindsonde systems. Participants from around the world attend. HRD scientists gave three presentations, which can be found at ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/meetings/2020/avaps2020.zip.
