Monthly Archives: May 2015

Know The Hurricane Hazard Terms

Tropical?Cyclone: A warm-core non-frontal synoptic-scale cyclone, originating over tropical or subtropical waters, with organized deep convection and a closed surface wind circulation about a well-defined center. Once formed, a tropical cyclone is maintained by the extraction of heat energy from the ocean at … Read More…

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3 Day Severe Weather Risk Issued May 7, 2015

Thursday May 7, 2015 Isolated to scattered severe storms are possible from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Southern Great Plains, mainly in the afternoon and evening Friday May 8, 2015 Severe thunderstorms will be possible Friday across portions of the Central and … Read More…

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Satellite View of Changing Arctic

According to analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, sea ice in the Arctic reached its annual minimum on September 17, 2014. At 5.02 million square kilometers or 1.94 million square miles, this was the sixth lowest amount of ice on … Read More…

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