December’s science meeting, hosted by the National Hurricane Center, consisted of seven presentations: Michael Brennan (NHC): “NHC Forecast Verification and Challenges” Mark DeMaria (NHC): “A New Method for Creating a 2-D Surface Wind Field from the NHC Official Forecast” James Franklin (NHC): “HFIP Performance Measure For Rapid Intensification” Mu-Chieh (Laura) Ko (HRD): “A Review of […]
Dr. Yang presented a seminar titled “Atmospheric observations for understanding severe weather using KMA/NIMS Atmospheric Research Aircraft during 2018-2019”. A recording of the presentation is available on the anonymous ftp site: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2019/Yang_HRD_Seminar_20191209.mp4
Why is the past important? Palm Springs Middle School teacher, Heather Magill shared stories with her students about growing up in Miami during Hurricane Andrew. After the recent Palm Beach County scare and devastating aftermath in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian, her students had lots of questions. That’s when Magill reached out to Scientist in Every Florida School. Scientist […]
“Many of the storms we flew in 2019 were ‘living on the edge,’ in that they were weak, vertically sheared, but also unpredictable. In previous years, we saw these storms intensify, such as Hurricane Michael in 2018. This season, many struggled to intensify. As we continue to build a dataset of these sheared storms, we […]
The purpose of the observation team meetings is to bring together the people who use observations in their research on a regular basis to discuss issues they’re having, provide updates on observations they’re analyzing or collecting, and any other information that may be of interest to the broader group. These meetings are also an excellent […]
You can access the paper at https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/19/14289/2019/
Braving the Eye of the Storm Research from drone penetration of hurricane eyewall published The most dangerous part of the hurricane is the eye-wall close to the ocean. It’s where the storm draws energy from heat in the water, which influences how strong – and how quickly – the storm will develop. It’s also where […]
A new paper by a team of scientists, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), demonstrates that observations just above the surface of the ocean near the eyewall of the storm can improve the performance of hurricane models used by forecasters. Scientists in 2017 and 2018 […]
November’s science meeting consisted of four presentations: Andy Hazelton – “Global-Nested HAFS 2019 Real-time Demo Results” Ghassan Alaka – “2019 Basin-scale HWRF (HWRF-B): An HFIP Real-Time Demonstration Project on WCOSS” James Hlywiak – “Sensitivities of the Decay of the Near-Surface Tropical Cyclone Wind Field to Inland Surface Roughness and Soil Moisture“ Rob Rogers – “A comparison of a […]
On 13 and 14 November , the Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters hosted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Hunters and representatives from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes for an end-of-season meeting. Heather Holbach represented NOAA Research at that meeting to […]
