2008 September

Entries from September 2008

Snowing on Mars

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

From iTWire – It’s snow on Mars
The NASA Phoenix Mars Lander has identified snow falling from Martian clouds. A Phoenix scientist says, “Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars.”
NASA just announced (Monday, September 29, 2008) through its news release, “NASA Mars Lander sees falling snow, soil data suggests liquid past,” that Phoenix [...]

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Tags: Misc Weather · Space News · Space Weather

Laura Forms in the North Atlantic, the Name Debate

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

As Kyle comes to an end and loses its tropical characteristics, Laura has formed in the North Atlantic. Laura is a subtropical storm, this means it has some tropical characteristics but also some extratropical features. Here is a better explanation of tropical storm versus subtropical storm. It is forecasted by the NHC to become tropical [...]

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Kyle Becomes a Hurricane

September 27th, 2008 · No Comments

In the 5pm update, the National Hurricane Center upgraded Kyle to a Hurricane. Hurricane Hunters found that Kyle’s sustain winds were 75 mph, which makes it a minimal hurricane.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION OF THE CYCLONE APPEARS TO HAVE CHANGED LITTLE TODAY…WITH THE CENTER REMAINING NEAR THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CONVECTION [...]

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Tags: Hurricanes · Kyle · Tropical Storm · Tropical Weather · Tropics 2008

Tropical Trouble for the Mid-Atlantic by the Weekend

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

(Hat tip to AccuWeather.com’s Jesse Ferrell WeatherMatrix Blog)

There is some activity taking place in the Caribbean today, although the tropics have been quiet since Ike the season is not over and we are just past the peak of the hurricane season. Here is what the National Hurricane Center has to say about this disturbance:
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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 [...]

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