Climate… Some thoughts on extremes 27 Jun 2023 There's an early summer heat wave in the central US, with temperatures pushing 100F and, due to the humidity, heat stress values into the danger zone across wide swaths of…
Doomwatch!… #Bret fading, #Cindy headed north 24 Jun 2023 Busy morning, but not over hurricanes ... Bret is collapsing in the central Caribbean north of Aruba, and Cindy is still on track to miss the Leeward Islands. It should…
Administrative WordPress Glitches … 23 Jun 2023 Having some issues with wordpress and visibility of posts. Some people got notices the update on Bret/Cindy was blocked or subscriber only; hopefully that is fixed now ... please try…
Doomwatch!… #Bret falling apart, #Cindy forms(Fri. 23 June Tropics) 23 Jun 202316 Jul 2023 As expected NHC started advisories on Tropical Storm Cindy. As noted yesterday, it's of interest to fish and fish related activities, and perhaps surfers as it creates waves, but on…
Doomwatch!… #Bret hitting Eastern Caribbean;Tropical Depression 4 forms 22 Jun 202322 Jun 2023 TL;DR: Bret will be passing north of Barbados, and over St. Lucia, Martinique, and impacting Dominica tonight as a strong tropical storm, then should break up well south of the…
Doomwatch!… Atlantic Update (#Bret, AL93) Wed. 21 June 2023 21 Jun 202321 Jun 2023 Not much has changed since last night. Bret has strengthened a little, and will probably gain a bit more before starting to slowly decay as it crosses the central Caribbean.…
Doomwatch!… Quick evening (Tue 20 Jun) update on #Bret, AL93 20 Jun 2023 The forecast for Bret continues to become more clear. This afternoon US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reduced the forecast intensity and while the storm will still likely bring tropical storm…
Doomwatch!… #TropicalStorm #Bret, Tuesday 20 June 2023 20 Jun 202320 Jun 2023 Tropical Storm Bret formed yesterday evening from Depression Three. For the latest, check the Key Messages regarding Tropical Storm Bret (en EspaƱol: Mensajes Claves). While still classified as a minimal tropical…
Doomwatch!… Invest AL93 is now Tropical Depression Three 19 Jun 2023 NHC started advisories on the system at 11am. Here is the first damage swath estimate based on their forecast, however, beware their caution in the discussion: This should be considered…
Doomwatch!… Disturbance off of Africa now #AL92; how to think about #Hurricane track models 17 Jun 202318 Jun 2023 The disturbance off of Africa is now organized enough for the computer models to start to get a lock on it, and it has been assigned the temporary ID of…