Active 2024 Hurricane Season expected due to very warm water temperatures and La Niña what you need to know.
ABOVE AVERAGE ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON: Hurricane season officially starts this Saturday June 1st. NOAA is calling for between 17 and 25...
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Brandon Shipp
Jan 9, 20230 min read
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Brandon Shipp
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Recent category 4 and 5 Hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast
Since 2017, six major storms of either Category 4 or 5 strength have made landfall along the Gulf Coast. This means that winds were at...
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Brandon Shipp
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Hurricane Ian Full Recap
Hurricane Ian hit southwest Florida as a MAJOR CATEGORY 4 Hurricane and then made a 2nd landfall in South Carolina. Ian impacted Florida,...
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Brandon Shipp
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Why was Hurricane Ian so strong?
Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified and become a major Hurricane. Ian continued to intensify as it approached southwest Florida. The main...
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Brandon Shipp
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Beyond The Forecast: About rapid intensification and the criteria for rapid intensification.
Rapid Intensification happens when a storm has at least a 35 mph increase in 24 hours. Most category 4 and 5 storms undergo rapid...
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Brandon Shipp
Sep 24, 20221 min read
TRACKING IAN: Ian expected to become a major Hurricane and head toward Florida and the SE U.S.
Ian is expected to become at least a major category 3 Hurricane. I DO expect track shifts in the days ahead as new data comes in and some...
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Brandon Shipp
Sep 19, 20221 min read
HURRICANE FIONA Pounds Puerto Rico and eastern Caribbean. Fiona to become a Major Hurricane.
Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico Sunday afternoon September 18th and has been bringing strong wind gusts and significant rainfall and...
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Brandon Shipp
Sep 19, 20221 min read
HURRICANE FIONA brings heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding to Puerto Rico.
The biggest threat with Fiona has been the rainfall so far and significant flooding in Puerto Rico. Some places could get between 15 and...
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Brandon Shipp
Sep 2, 20221 min read
Tracking The Tropics 9/2: Hurricane Danielle forms in the North Atlantic and Tropical Storm Earl.
It has been a very quiet Hurricane season thus far in 2022 due to dry air/dust from Africa and wind shear. The conditions across much of...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 23, 20221 min read
Factors for quiet 2022 Hurricane Season thus far
The biggest and main factor for lack of activity in the Atlantic basin so far is dry air and Sharan dust. Storms need rising air and...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 18, 20221 min read
About the Hurricane Hunters
On July 27th, 1943 US. Army Air Forces Lt. Col. Joseph. B Duckworth from Savannah Georgia made the first deliberate flight into the eye...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 11, 20221 min read
La Niña to continue through the end of 2022. What is La Niña and what you need to know.
This current La Niña started during the Fall of 2020 and is expected to continue through the end of 2022: La Niña is an oceanic and...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Tracking The Tropics Early August Tropical Update and Updated Hurricane Season Forecasts
The recent and continued Lull in Tropical Activity is due to dry air and Saharan Dust across the Atlantic Ocean. When the Dust moves...
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Brandon Shipp
Jul 9, 20221 min read
September is the peak of Hurricane Season. What you need to know.
Hurricane season typically peaks between August and October with the maximum peak coming in the middle of September. The Fall is...
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Brandon Shipp
Jul 9, 20221 min read
Updated 2022 Hurricane Season Outlook from CSU and NOAA.
Colorado State University updated their Hurricane Forecast this past week. The Forecast predicts 20 named storms including the ones that...
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Brandon Shipp
May 26, 20220 min read
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Brandon Shipp
May 15, 20221 min read
About retired Tropical System names.
Since the 1950's over 90 storm names have been officially retired. Over a dozen storm names have been retired just since 2016 alone....
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Brandon Shipp
May 7, 20221 min read
Every year 2015-2021 had a preseason tropical system. A look back on early season storms.
Every year 2015-2021 had a preseason tropical system the first storm in 2021 was Ana on May 22nd. Tropical Storms Arthur and Bertha...
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