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Can One Man Stop the Next Katrina or Ike?

July 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Bill Gates hopes so, at least someday. This story came out on Friday and I found it here at gizmodo.com, “Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina” Apparently, Bill Gates along with ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Gates has applied for five patents that call for a fleet of specially equipped vessels to [...]

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Tags: El Niño · Hurricanes · Ike · Katrina · La Niña · Misc Weather · Tropical Weather · Weather News · Weather Opinons · Weather Products

2009 Atlantic Hurricane Seasonal Outlook

May 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Long range forecasting is not one of my strongest areas so the follow forecasts are not mine, but with the first tropical system forming Thursday (Tropical Depression 1) for the 2009 Hurricane season I thought I would share what many of the experts are predicting for the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA forecasters say a [...]

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Tags: Accuweather · El Niño · Hurricane Forecast · Hurricanes · Joe Bastardi · La Niña · Long Range Forecast · NOAA · National Weather Service · Seasonal Outlooks · Tropical Storm · Tropical Weather · Tropics 2009 · Weather News

NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook Calls for Variability

November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In announcing the 2008-2009 U.S. Winter Outlook for meteorological winter from December through February, forecasters at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center are calling for warmer-than-normal temperatures for much of the central part of the nation, and a continuation of drier-than-normal conditions across the Southeast. With the absence of La Niña and El Niño in the [...]

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Tags: Discussion · El Niño · Forecasting · La Niña · Long Range Forecast · Seasonal Outlooks · Weather News · Winter 2008/2009 · Winter Forecast

Autumn Begins, Winter Forecast Links

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

For many of us, summer comes to an end with the Labor Day holiday, when school is back in session and with the kickoff of football season but summer doesn’t official come to an end until the sun passes directly over the equator as the Northern Hemisphere begins to tilt away from the sun. The [...]

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Tags: El Niño · La Niña · Long Range Forecast · Misc Weather · NOAA · Seasonal Outlooks · Weather News · Winter 2008/2009 · Winter Forecast · weatherlore

NOAA: Strong Start Increases Confidence for Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Strong Start Increases NOAA’s Confidence for Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season High resolution (Credit: NOAA) In the August update to the Atlantic hurricane season outlook, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has increased the likelihood of an above-normal hurricane season and has raised the total number of named storms and hurricanes that may form. Forecasters attribute this adjustment [...]

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Tags: El Niño · Hurricane Forecast · Hurricanes · La Niña · Long Range Forecast · NOAA · National Weather Service · Seasonal Outlooks · Tropical Weather · Tropics 2008 · Weather News