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Record Ocean Warmth Fuels Beryl to Cat 5 Intensity

Stephen Strum

Jul 31 min read

Record Ocean Warmth Fuels Beryl to Cat 5 Intensity

Beryl took advantage of unusually warm ocean water and low wind shear to become the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record. The video...

Stephen Strum

Sep 30, 20221 min read

Epic Hurricane Ian Imagery

I put together a number of visible and infrared satellite loops of Hurricane Ian as well as composited long radar loops from the Key West...

Stephen Strum

Nov 25, 20217 min read

Great Science and Science Fiction Books

Ideas for your holiday shopping list Here is an overview of my favorite science and science fiction books I've recently read. Some of...

Stephen Strum

Aug 31, 20212 min read

Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida made landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana at midday on August 29, 2021, as a strong Category 4 hurricane with...

Stephen Strum

Nov 18, 20201 min read

Hurricane Iota Satellite Loops

I put together visible and infrared satellite loops of Hurricane Iota as it reached Category 5 intensity prior to landfall over Central...

Hurricane Zeta Satellite and Radar Loops

Stephen Strum

Oct 30, 20201 min read

Hurricane Zeta Satellite and Radar Loops

I put together a short video with some infrared and visible satellite loops of Hurricane Zeta as it made landfall on October 28, 2020. A...

Stephen Strum

Aug 6, 20201 min read

Satellite and Radar Loops of Hurricane Isaias

A collection of satellite and radar loops from Hurricane Isaias from July 27th to August 5th, 2020.

Stephen Strum

Aug 6, 20201 min read

Hurricane Douglas

You can watch a collection of satellite loops for Hurricane Douglas which passed just north of Hawaii during July 2020.

Stephen Strum

Jul 26, 20201 min read

Radar Loop of Hurricane Hanna Landfall

I put together a 6-hour long radar loop of Hurricane Hanna making landfall over the southern Texas coast just north of Brownsville, on...

Instability Waves Around a Gulf of Alaska Low Pressure System

Stephen Strum

May 29, 20201 min read

Instability Waves Around a Gulf of Alaska Low Pressure System

A storm system weakening in the Gulf of Alaska has had some pretty instability waves develop the last couple of days as the flow around...

Stephen Strum

Jul 15, 20191 min read

Satellite Loop of Hurricane Barry

Here is a video showing a satellite loop of Hurricane Barry from non-tropical low over the US to landfalling hurricane.

That day it hailed during a super volcano eruption

Stephen Strum

May 17, 20194 min read

That day it hailed during a super volcano eruption

On a clear early summer morning (see note 1) 11.81 million years ago, the ground exploded in region that is now part of the Snake River...

New NOAA Satellite to Improve Weather Predictions

Stephen Strum

Feb 12, 20193 min read

New NOAA Satellite to Improve Weather Predictions

#NOAA, #GOES17, #SATELLITE NOAA's newest weather satellite, GOES 17, is officially operational after months of testing, configuration,...

Stephen Strum

Feb 1, 20192 min read

Great Lakes Ice Cover Surging

Ice cover on the Great Lakes has rapidly increased during the last few days as the widespread extreme cold has caused water temperatures...

Stephen Strum

Oct 27, 20181 min read

Typhoon Yutu

#tropics #typhoons #yutu Typhoon Yutu devastated the northern Mariana Islands early on October 25, 2018, making landfall over the island...

Stephen Strum

Sep 27, 20183 min read

Summer Temperature Trends in the US

#summer, #heat, #recordwarmth, #climate, #weather From an energy use standpoint, the May-September period is the primary period when...

Stephen Strum

Sep 11, 20181 min read

Build Your Own Barometer!

#Weather #barometer #science In the YouTube video embedded below, I show how you can build your own barometer out of some common...

Stephen Strum

Sep 11, 20182 min read

What is an eyewall replacement cycle?

Hurricane Florence completed an eyewall replacement cycle today. What is that? Hurricane Florence underwent an eyewall replacement cycle...

Stephen Strum

Sep 10, 20182 min read

Staring Florence in the Eye

Florence is a Category 4 storm and could reach Category 5 intensity as it heads towards the Carolinas. The satellite loop below shows a...

Average first freeze dates across the USA

Stephen Strum

Sep 5, 20182 min read

Average first freeze dates across the USA

The date of the first fall freeze varies widely across the US, with frosts and freezes often seen by mid-September across the Rockies and...

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