Research!… Hurricanes and Fish (Atlantic 29 Sept 2023) 29 Sep 2023 Tropical Storm Philippe (AL17) and Tropical Storm Rina (AL18) are churning :P east of the Leeward islands. They are only 500 nautical miles apart and appear to be interacting, so…
Doomwatch!… Clouds in the Atlantic! 28 Sep 202328 Sep 2023 Some of them may have wind and rain under them! Philippe is (barely) a tropical storm, AL91 remains just below tropical depression strength/organization as of 11am AL91 is upgraded to…
Economics… Disaster Capitalism: what it is, why it’s a problem 27 Sep 202327 Sep 2023 The fires in Hawai'i and reports of predatory behavior on the part of investors has triggered a discussion in some circles of a phenomena sometimes called "Disaster Capitalism." Before the…
Doomwatch!… The Information Sewer (Tropics 26 Sept 2023) 26 Sep 2023 TLDR: nothing to worry about at the moment. Philippe is taking the more southward track, but that track is into unfavorable conditions, and is forecast to weaken and dissipate. The…
Doomwatch!… Pelagic storms in the Atlantic; Depression landfall in Vietnam 25 Sep 202325 Sep 2023 TLDR: for the Atlantic, slog through your Monday, recover Tuesday, check back Wednesday. Tropical Depression making landfall in Vietnam. There's a somewhat disorganized tropical storm in the Atlantic this morning…
Tropical Cyclones Atlantic storms Sunday 24 Sept 2023 24 Sep 2023 Ophelia is raining out over the Washington DC area, Philippe is slowly organizing in the east Atlantic far from land (and likely to stay that way). No longer any official…
Doomwatch!… Ophelia landfall, AL90 and cura piscium 23 Sep 2023 Ophelia is making landfall on the North Carolina coast this morning. The peak winds are borderline hurricane, I'm a bit surprised NHC didn't upgrade. Structurally the storm was trying for…
Doomwatch!… PTC16 likely to become Ophelia today (Fri 22 Sept) 22 Sep 2023 Nothing much changed overnight other than Potential Tropical Cyclone (PTC) 16 has continued to organize and now looks likely to receive the coveted title of tropical storm and the name…
Tropical Cyclones Potential TC 16 21 Sep 2023 At 11am NHC started advisories on the thing off of Florida as Potential Tropical Cyclone (PTC) 16. Recall that a PTC is a way for the Hurricane Center to start…
Tropical Cyclones… Thu. 21 Sept notes 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023 To sound like the proverbial broken record, nothing much has changed. The thing off of the Southeast looks to stay offshore for the next two days, then dive into North…
