News tagged with tropical weather

NASA's TRMM Satellite sees tornadic Texas storms in 3-D

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite provides a look at thunderstorms in three dimensions and shows scientists the heights of the thunderclouds and the rainfall rates coming from them, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mumbai, Miami on list for big weather disasters

(AP) -- Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Irina still looping at sea

NASA's Aqua satellite saw Tropical Cyclone Irina making a slow loop in the southern Mozambique Channel for the third day on March 6, 2012. Because of the different weather systems moving through the region, ...

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created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Irina getting loopy

Two NASA satellites have been measuring rainfall and cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm as it has been "going loopy" in the Mozambique Channel over the last couple of days. Irina is making a cyclonic ...

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GPM microwave imager instrument for NASA and JAXA mission arrives at Goddard

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GMI) instrument has arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for integration into NASA's upcoming Earth science ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

La Nina going away, but too late for Texas drought

(AP) -- Federal weather forecasters say the La Nina weather phenomenon that contributed to the southwestern U.S. drought is winding down.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA sees development of tropical storm 09S in southern Indian Ocean

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the low pressure system called System 97S on Jan. 24 and observed a large area of strong thunderstorms around its center that hinted at further development. On Jan. 25, the ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Tropical clouds hold clues for the global water cycle

(PhysOrg.com) -- To study the wellspring of atmospheric water, you have to start with tropical clouds. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed that global climate models are not accurately ...

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NASA eyes power in Tropical Storm Washi, warnings in the Philippines

NASA's TRMM satellite measured heavy rainfall and powerful towering thunderstorms as Tropical Depression 27W intensified into Tropical Storm Washi today. Now, warnings are up in areas of the Philippines as ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GOES satellite eyeing late season lows for tropical development

Its late in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons, but the calendar isn't stopping the tropics. The GOES-13 satellite is keeping forecasters informed about developing lows like System 90E in the ...

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Climate: which nations, cities most at risk?

A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change but rich nations in northern Europe will be least exposed, according to a report released Wednesday.

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created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 19

La Nina may dampen fall leaf colors

(PhysOrg.com) -- The weather in Pennsylvania this year won't soon be forgotten -- one of the wettest springs ever, followed by a record-breaking dry heat wave in July, followed by the remnants of a hurricane ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists probe Indian Ocean for clues to worldwide weather patterns

An international team of researchers will begin gathering in the Indian Ocean next month to study how tropical weather brews there and then moves eastward along the equator with reverberating effects around ...

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created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical Storm Maria threatens eastern Caribbean

(AP) -- Tropical Storm Maria swirled toward the eastern Caribbean on Friday, threatening to unleash heavy rain and wind on islands still struggling to recover from a recent hurricane.

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created Sep 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Aqua satellite sees 3 in 1: Tropical storms Nate, Lee, fires

Tropical Storm Nate is perched to make landfall in Mexico this weekend, and warnings are in effect. Nate is one of three major weather events around the Gulf of Mexico today, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured ...

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created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0