Tropical Storm / Hurricane Leslie moved very slowly over the western tropical Atlantic Ocean between 6 September and 7 September (see, for example, this graphics animation from the National Hurricane Center, and the storm track from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site below). Strong winds associated with the cyclonic circulation around a hurricane or tropical storm will... Read More
Tornadoes touched down on Long Island within the confines of New York City on September 8th, 2012. This image shows the terminal radar velocities from Newark associated with the two touch downs. This google map link shows both Canarsie and Breezy Point on a map of eastern Long Island.The GOES-15 image above, from... Read More
A thunderstorm complex over the northern Gulf of Mexico on the morning of September 5th is being monitored for tropical development. This cluster originated as a mesoscale convective system that emerged from the southern edge of Isaac’s decaying circulation, as shown in the animation above. The animation, starting from Isaac’s... Read More
When two tropical cyclones are within close proximity to each other, they will typically start a rotation around a common center. This interaction, called the Fujiwhara Effect, may be occurring in the image loop above. Typhoon Bolaven approaches Typhoon Tembin, and the distance between the two reaches a minimum on... Read More
