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Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda danced closely in the Atlantic, triggering a rare Fujiwhara Effect. Neither storm made landfall, however both brought effects to the east coast and Bermuda. Early October means it’s time to look at the monthly outlook for temperature and precipitation. Spooky season is upon us!
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Life & show updates
Tropical Atlantic - Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda, Fujiwhara Effect
October Outlook - Medium-range Temperature and Precipitation trend
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The Weather Review - Episode 20 - The Fujiwhara Waltz
The Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1! Gavin discusses the 2025 hurricane season outlook based on NOAA’s National Hurricane Center and Colorado State University’s season forecasts. Additionally, the 2024 hurricane season forecasts by NOAA and CSU are graded against the official 2024 statistics to determine their accuracy last year. Finally, hear the 2025 list of hurricane names!
Remember, hurricanes are inherently dangerous and capable of widespread destruction regardless of their classification. Listen to local officials and stay safe this hurricane season!
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The Weather Review - Episode 19 - 2025 Hurricane Season Preview
A major storm system rocked the Midwest through the East Coast, spawning dozens of tornadoes, strong rotating supercell thunderstorms, and leaving behind ruins, destruction, and unfortunately, loss of life. Winds from the storms even resulted in a dust storm in Chicago! Listen to a discussion on the environment that produced this tornado outbreak and some of the localized impacts in St. Louis, Missouri, London, Kentucky, and Chicago, Illinois on this week’s episode.
Potentially Useful Information:
NBC article on Chicago dust storm
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The Weather Review - Episode 18 - Dust Bowl Twisters
Is heat lightning real? Surely lightning can't strike the same place twice, right? Where is it safe to shelter on the road? Do open windows save a house from a tornado?
What weather myths did you fall for? This week's episode of The Weather Review looks to debunk 4 common weather myths.
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The Weather Review - Episode 17 - Myth Buster
Why is spring known as “severe weather season?” Why so many tornadoes in the spring? A widespread Battle of the Air Masses and a migrating jetstream are to blame! In place of discussing the devastating tornado outbreak that occurred this past weekend, this week’s episode will discuss why springtime is the severe weather season. My prayers are with all of those affected by this weekend’s storms.
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The Weather Review - Episode 16 - Battle of the Air Masses
A large storm system produced up to 26 tornadoes last week, however that wasn't the biggest story. The system's central pressure aided in producing very strong winds (with some gusts exceeding 75 mph). These winds helped create fire conditions in New York, allowing for the Long Island brush fires to combust, and strengthened ongoing blazes in South Carolina.
After a tangent on making Daylight Savings Time permanent, Gavin discusses the trajectory and severe weather associated with the Colorado low (mid-latitude cyclone), followed by the ongoing wildfires in South Carolina and New York.
Fire weather is a real concern! Don't carelessly discard your cigarette butts outside or leave flames unattended. It doesn't take much for a fire to ignite given the right conditions!
Some potentially useful information:
Article on South Carolina wildfire (near Myrtle Beach) arrest (NBC)
Article on Long Island, New York wildfires (FOX)
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The Weather Review, Episode 15: Fanning the Flames
It was a quiet week of weather, but severe weather season is around the corner.
Hundreds of probationary employees within NOAA were terminated, including meteorologists at the National Weather Service. While the immediate concerns, such as the potential for more unwarned tornadoes, are clear, some of the more long-term effects arise when NOAA's data collection capabilities and infrastructure are considered. In this atypical episode, Gavin breaks down the implications and impacts of an understaffed weather service alongside its parent agency.
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February 19-20, a winter storm dropped nearly 12 inches (one foot) of snow in Virginia Beach, VA. Images and videos of snow-covered beaches quickly circled social media and national news outlets.
Episode 13: Snowy Sandy Dunes - Virginia Beach sees a foot of snow
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Snowy Beach Image X/Twitter Source
**I realize in editing that I misspoke. The original low appeared to be a Gulf Low, however it's trajectory ended up becoming a coastal low**
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Wednesday, February 12, the cold front associated with a winter storm across the Midwest triggered severe weather in Mississippi and Alabama, including 2-3 tornadoes.
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After a year and a half hiatus, The Weather Review has returned! In this welcome back video, Gavin explains his absence from the show, potential upcoming changes, and thunderice(!?).
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Pacific Hurricane Dora has made history becoming the second-ever recorded Hurricane to cross into the Western Pacific, taking on the title of Typhoon. She has traversed over 10,000 miles from the coast of Africa to the Western Pacific, even fanning some of the destructive Hawaii wildfire flames.
Stick around to the end for an important update pertaining to the future of this show.
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Article used for most information pertaining to Hurricane Dora - Washington Post
Dora's Track and Current Forecast Cone
Video of Dora's trek across the Atlantic into Hurricane Dora in the Pacific - Twitter (X)
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Celebrating 10 Weeks of The Weather Review
A majority of the East Coast saw widespread severe storms, gusty winds, hail, and even some tornadoes. An intriguing weather setup led to the widespread explosion of severe weather from the South to the northern Mid-Atlantic. The National Weather Service gave Virginia, Washington DC, and Maryland both marginal (level 4 out of 5) severe weather risk and significant wind risks.
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Weather Map Depicting the Two Fronts (referenced) - National Weather Service
Tweet (X) from Jack Rudden depicting closeup of setup in Mid-Atlantic - X (Twitter)
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A now-viral image on X (Twitter) shows a funnel cloud above the United States Capitol Dome. There are often many misconceptions about the connection of funnel clouds with tornadoes. What is a funnel cloud, what led to this one in particular, and why is it harmless?
Potentially Useful Information:
AP Article on the Funnel Cloud
National Weather Service Glossary of Weather Terms
Storm Prediction Center's Convective Outlook for July 25
WaPo article with Jeff Halverson Quote
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Phoenix, Arizona has had 25 consecutive days of 110-degree days, a record heat streak. The Urban Heat Island Effect and a delayed start to the Southwestern monsoon season are each partially responsible for the unrelenting heat of the desert climate.
Potential Useful Information:
Arizona's Monsoon Season (National Weather Service)
More Southwestern United States Monsoon info (National Weather Service)
Looped Radar depicting Southwestern U.S. Monsoon, Rotation about High Pressure
Urban Heat Island information (Environmental Protection Agency)
Phoenix 2020 Urban Heat Island Figures (Arizona State University)
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Enjoy your week, and keep your eyes on the skies!
Vermont saw historic rain amounts last week, with many localities estimating 6-9 inch totals! However, due to significant saturation levels in both the air and ground and an atmospheric roadblock, the historic rains led to immense flooding throughout Vermont's rivers and valley towns, including the state capital of Montpelier. This was Vermont's worst flooding event since 1927.
Potentially Useful Information:
Drone Footage of Montpellier, VT flood damage
Primary Source for Rain/Flood Factors
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Have a fantastic week, and keep your eyes on the skies!
Last week, Earth saw its hottest daily average temperature on record three days in a row...or at least that's what it seemed like. Many news headlines jumped on the development, seemingly omitting the fact this claim was based on unofficial estimations as opposed to official observations. There is plenty of context surrounding this data, the claims made, and the global climate today that sheds light on this climate change headline.
Potentially Useful Information:
University of Maine's Climate Reanalyzer Visualization
Neat Visual of the last 1500 years with historical estimated global temperatures
As always, have a fantastic week, and keep your eyes on the skies!
On June 29, 2023, a strong thunderstorm developed into a derecho. The storm traveled 600 miles across the Midwest with reported wind gusts of 100 MPH. What led to its formation, and why is this type of storm rarely seen?
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National Weather Service page on Derecho
Diagram of High-Pressure Ridge
Diagram of Bow Echo Signature Progression
Bow Echo Radar Signature from June 29, 2023
Thunderstorm Diagram (updraft vs downdraft)
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An abnormally warm Atlantic Ocean has Twitter and the media up in arms in an attempt to garner fear. While many are quick to point to climate change, there are a couple of other factors also contributing to this current trend. But this occurrence certainly has consequences within the young hurricane season, as does the development of El Nino, and we get to see this battle play out starting with Tropical Storms Bret and Cindy.
Potentially Useful Information:
Visual of Meteorological Setup over the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Historical Graph (referenced in the episode)
More about the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation: NOAA and U.S. Department of Energy
NOAA Hurricane Season Prediction
Colorado State University Hurricane Season Prediction
Tropical Storm Bret Dissipation
Tropical Storm Cindy Remnants (slight potential to redevelop)
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This past week, there was plenty of severe weather: strong thunderstorms turned into violent supercells, many spawned tornadoes, large hail stones, and gusty winds. The plains, southeast, and mid-Atlantic all experienced this connected system of strong, severe weather and storms; but what led to this, and did we know it was coming? Explore the atmospheric setup and continental connections that allowed for this two-day series of storms to occur!
Links you may find useful or interesting:
National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center's Day 1 Convective Outlook for June 15 (referred to in episode)
Radar Signature and Mesoscale Discussion surrounding Perryton, Texas on June 15 (referred to in episode)
Public Severe Weather Outlook indicating Dangers in Plains on June 15 (referred to in episode)
Drone Footage of Perryton, Texas Tornado Destuction (Weather Channel)
The Weather Review is a podcast devoted to exploring the scientific and real-world connections of recent weather news, diving deeper than your typical forecast or storm chaser logs.
Please note this podcast is a work-in-progress experiment. There are many flaws in the planning, production, and posting of it. Each episode allows for more experimental attempts at understanding how to do this and allows for this podcast to improve as time goes on.
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Many took to social media recently to share images of the hazy, smoky skies resulting from ongoing wildfires in Quebec. This smoke created dangerous conditions as far north as New York and south as North Carolina. But where did these Canadian wildfires come from, and why did the smoke present such a huge risk to the eastern United States? Is this the new normal? This episode of The Weather Review investigates these questions concerning the air quality and formation of these fires.
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