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Northern hemisphere tropical cyclone season starts to peak
Climatologically, tropical cyclone activity across the northern hemisphere often peaks in the period from late August through the first half of September. This year is no exception with six tropical cyclones currently active across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Pacific … Continue reading
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Tagged Azores, Bermuda, flooding, florida, Gulf of Mexico, hawaii, hurricane, Hurricane Gaston, Hurricane Lester, Hurricane Madeline, Hurricane Wilma, Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, National Hurricane Center, NOAA, torrential rain, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, Typhoon Lionrock
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Met Office predicts slightly above-average Atlantic hurricane season
The Met Office is predicting that the most likely number of tropical storms to form in the Atlantic between June and November will be 14 according to its long-range Atlantic tropical storm forecast for 2016 released today. There is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 hurricane season, @metofficestorms, El Nino, hurricane, La Niña, Met Office Storm Tracker, North Atlantic, storms, tropical storms
Late Season Hurricane Sandra Heading for Mexico
The North Pacific Ocean has seen exceptional levels of tropical cyclone activity this season as reported in this blog over the last few months. By the end of November it is usual to see the season drawing to a close … Continue reading
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Tagged East Pacific, eastern pacific, El Nino, gales, hurricane, Met Office, Pacific Ocean, Pacific typhoon records, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, weather, wind
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Cyclone Chapala brings flooding rains to Yemen
Our blog yesterday reported on the imminent landfall of Cyclone Chapala which was located in the Gulf of Aden. As expected the cyclone made landfall over Yemen in the early hours of Tuesday UK time. Winds averaged over one minute … Continue reading
The latest on Hurricane Patricia
Hurricane Patricia made landfall at 6.15pm local time on 23rd October as a category 5 hurricane near Cuixmala, Jalisco, on the pacific coast of Mexico. This is a relatively low populated area, 55 miles from the nearest significant city Manzanillo. … Continue reading
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Tagged flood, flooding, grand prix, heavy rain, hurricane, Met Office, Mexico, rain, rainfall, Storm, Texas, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, wind
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Record breaking Hurricane Patricia expected to make landfall over Mexico
Hurricane Patricia has developed in the eastern Pacific and after a period of rapid intensification has become the most intense hurricane in the eastern Pacific in recorded history. US Air Force aircraft have been flying reconnaissance missions in and around … Continue reading
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Tagged eastern pacific, El Nino, heavy rain, hurricane, National Hurricane Center, pacific, rainfall, record, wind
Hurricane Joaquin lashes the Bahamas but will it hit the USA?
In recent months attention has focused on the very active tropical cyclone season in the Pacific Ocean brought about primarily by the strong El Niño which has developed this year. Meanwhile, the Atlantic has been very quiet with most tropical … Continue reading
Typhoon Dujuan strikes Taiwan
Typhoon Dujuan has today (Monday 28 September) made landfall over Taiwan on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean with sustained winds well in excess of 100 mph. Dujuan is expected to drop large amounts of rainfall – 500mm is … Continue reading
Active Pacific tropical cyclone season continues
Early September marks the half way point in the northern hemisphere tropical cyclone season and is often the time when we see the highest levels of activity – so how is this season shaping up? As reported in a news … Continue reading
