The problem with the hurricane category rating
The five-point category rating, known to experts as the Saffir-Simpson scale, is the main way the public understands a ...
The Tribune-Democrat4h
Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921, but Milton may be the one
Florida's Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Milton's winds and expected massive storm surge, which could ...
Weatherzone8d
Scales tipping in favour of La Niña
A clear La Niña signal is starting to emerge in the central Pacific Ocean, however the declaration of La Niña depends on a ...
IFLScience on MSN28d
Deadly Tropical Storm Yagi Has Become A Super Typhoon – What Does That Mean?
The warm sea temperatures contributed to the tropical cyclone becoming more and more ... keep it at 220 kilometers per hour ...
New York Post29d
Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 to become hurricane in Gulf of Mexico before striking Texas, Louisiana
HOUSTON – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now tracking Potential Tropical Cyclone Six in the Gulf of Mexico, as millions of people along parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to ...
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'Firehose' storm hits part of North Carolina and scientists see climate change
The storm system was known as Potential Tropical Cyclone No. 8, but it never organized enough to ... But suddenly we’re ...
Nature5y
Where Do Winds Come From?
The trade winds are an example, as is the spiraling inflow into a mid-latitude or tropical cyclone. In cyclones ... that holds for larger scales. The minimization of the Coriolis force might ...
Frontiers7d
Emerging signals of climate change from the equator to the poles: new insights into a warming world
The reality of human-induced climate change is unequivocal and exerts an ever-increasing global impact. Access to the latest ...
Newsday20d
'Firehose' storm hits part of North Carolina and scientists see climate change
The storm system was known as Potential Tropical Cyclone No. 8, but it never organized ... But suddenly we’re having storms that don’t fit on these scales,” Barbee said.
Seattle Times21d
‘Firehose’ storm hits part of North Carolina and scientists see climate change
The storm system was known as Potential Tropical Cyclone No. 8, but it never organized ... But suddenly we’re having storms that don’t fit on these scales,” Barbee said.