As a longtime resident of South Florida, I've experienced many hurricanes, and as my dad was a pilot (got his license in 1936) I grew up with a bit of a weather eye. There are a couple of excellent meteorologists I follow in Miami; they are predicting that the tropical depression, Laura, is not likely to become a hurricane. Not only has …
As a longtime resident of South Florida, I've experienced many hurricanes, and as my dad was a pilot (got his license in 1936) I grew up with a bit of a weather eye. There are a couple of excellent meteorologists I follow in Miami; they are predicting that the tropical depression, Laura, is not likely to become a hurricane. Not only has it never really organized due to dry air and wind shear, it looks like it will travel directly over the three largest islands in the Caribbean. I feel for the folks in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba, but they've been through far worse! Hard to believe Hispaniola has 10,000-foot mountains, which tear up a storm. By the time Laura emerges into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday-Monday from passing over Cuba, it may not even have the juice to reform as a tropical storm. We have been spared so far this season due to the Saharan dust damping down the Atlantic. But there's plenty of time left in The Season! Anyway, hope my weather guessers are right...because one never knows about hurricanes...
You might also want to check out Tropical Tidbits. Levy is a PhD student at U of F (I think that's the correct school) and provides amazingly detailed weather analysis.
As a longtime resident of South Florida, I've experienced many hurricanes, and as my dad was a pilot (got his license in 1936) I grew up with a bit of a weather eye. There are a couple of excellent meteorologists I follow in Miami; they are predicting that the tropical depression, Laura, is not likely to become a hurricane. Not only has it never really organized due to dry air and wind shear, it looks like it will travel directly over the three largest islands in the Caribbean. I feel for the folks in Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Cuba, but they've been through far worse! Hard to believe Hispaniola has 10,000-foot mountains, which tear up a storm. By the time Laura emerges into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday-Monday from passing over Cuba, it may not even have the juice to reform as a tropical storm. We have been spared so far this season due to the Saharan dust damping down the Atlantic. But there's plenty of time left in The Season! Anyway, hope my weather guessers are right...because one never knows about hurricanes...
You might also want to check out Tropical Tidbits. Levy is a PhD student at U of F (I think that's the correct school) and provides amazingly detailed weather analysis.
Here’s an up and coming weather geek who agrees:
https://twitter.com/matthewcappucci/status/1297005479776997376?s=21
Wow, you sure know your stuff!
I totally lied: [Levy has] been tracking tropical cyclones closely since 2002, and [has] a Ph.D. in meteorology from Florida State University.
https://www.tropicaltidbits.com
I hope they don’t materialize !