What appears to be a long tail in satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Leslie is in fact clouds associated with a nearby elongated area of low pressure, or a trough.
Environment
Oct 9, 2018
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NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Hurricane Leslie that revealed strong storms circled the center.
Environment
Oct 3, 2018
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Florence's rain total will likely be staggeringly huge.
Environment
Sep 14, 2018
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Hurricane Florence is heading toward the U.S. coast, right at the height of hurricane season.
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2018
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Hurricane Hector has weakened slightly but still remains a robust Category Four storm at present. At 500 AM HST (1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Hector was located near latitude 16.1 North, longitude 147.8 West. Hector ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2018
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The 2017 hurricane season has highlighted the critical need to communicate a storm's impact path and intensity accurately, but new research from the University of Utah shows significant misunderstandings of the two most commonly ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2017
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Recent progress in forecasting the intensity of hurricanes—which has lagged behind storm track forecasting—could be undermined by proposed cuts in federal funding for tropical weather research, says the retiring chief ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2017
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Mariners need better tropical weather forecasts, according to federal safety investigators examining the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro.
Environment
Jun 30, 2017
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NASA launched eight mini-satellites Thursday morning to measure surface wind deep in the heart of hurricanes.
Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2016
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The International Space Station has tracked Hurricane Matthew all week, providing images and video from low Earth orbit as the storm hit the Caribbean Sea and made its way towards Florida.
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2016
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