Doomwatch!… Atlantic Disturbance Watch, Wed. 31 July 2024 31 Jul 202431 Jul 2024 As July oozes to an end, the eyes of the bucolic denizens of the American Southeast are anxiously scanning the eastern skies for signs of the doom lurking just beyond…
Doomwatch!… Magic words and yelling at clouds (30 July 2024) 30 Jul 202430 Jul 2024 The disturbance that has been wandering across the Atlantic the last week continues to progress west. NHC has bumped up the formation chances to 60% as of 2am this morning,…
Doomwatch!… Orange Cone of Chaos in Atlantic (Mon 29 July 24) 29 Jul 2024 This weekend the US National Hurricane Center has had a disturbance marked on the Atlantic map as having formation potential in the next week, presently (Monday AM) with a 50%…
Climate… Rain in Savannah: a look at extremes 27 Jul 202427 Jul 2024 There has been a lot of rain in Coastal Georgia and the Lowcountry of South Carolina the last week or so. How unusual is this? Is it climate change? Given…
Tropical Cyclones Typhoon Gaemi mainland China landfall 25 Jul 202425 Jul 2024 Gaemi is making landfall this morning in Fujian province as a minimal typhoon or tropical storm. The satellite analysis from CIMSS this morning (night in China) shows a rapidly weakening…
Economics… Typhoon Gaemi landfall on Taiwan today; how impact estimates are made 24 Jul 202424 Jul 2024 Typhoon Gaemi (WP052024) is making landfall on Taiwan over the next 24 hours. It is an intense typhoon, estimated winds by the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center of 125 knots.…
Economics… Quick update on Typhoon Gamei 23 Jul 2024 The track and intensity forecast for Typhoon Gamei has shifted significantly and now lies directly over norther Taiwan, with the eye wall forecast to pass over Taipei in about 36…
Tropical Cyclones West Pacific Activity, 20 July 2024 20 Jul 2024 The West Pacific, which has been quiet for weeks, has spawned two tropical cyclones in the last 24 hours. Here are the forecast impact swaths over the next five days…
Remote Sensing… Dust plume over the Atlantic 19 Jul 202419 Jul 2024 Sorry about two posts in one day, but this dramatic shot seems worth posting: click to embiggen ... It's of a massive dust plume coming off the coast of Africa,…
Doomwatch!… The Beryl power outages: act of God or incompetence? 19 Jul 202419 Jul 2024 There is growing anger in Texas over the power outages after Hurricane Beryl. Some areas are still without power nearly two weeks after landfall, and there are widespread calls for…
