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Tropics Come Alive: Tracking the Cape Verde Train
Its amazing how much a week changes everything in the tropics. Last week this time, we were looking at pretty tranquil conditions across the Atlantic basin, but tonight, the tropics are definitely alive as I'm tracking three systems out across the Atlantic: Hurricane Danielle, Tropical Storm Earl, and Invest 97L. It definitely appears that Cape Verde season has finally come and that the heart of the hurricane season has begun.
Tracking the Tropics: Watching Invest 95L in East Atlantic
Good evening everyone! Back again after a break enjoying friends and family for once and ready to get back into the swing of things forecasting once again.
As usual, I'm tracking the tropics this time of year and we definitely have something that bares watching way out there in the Eastern Atlantic off Africa. Over the past few days a tropical disturbance within the ITCZ (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone) had been brewing and coming off the African continent. Well yesterday morning (since its past midnight here in South Florida as I'm writing this) the NHC designated this disturbance as Invest 95L.
Central Atlantic Heating Up
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April 2012: Earth's 5th warmest on recordApril 2012 was the globe's 5th warmest April on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA rated April 2012 as the 4th warmest April on record. April 2012 global land temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record, and the Northern Hemisphere land surface temperature was 1.74°C (3.13°F) above the 20th century average, marking the warmest April since records began in 1880. Global...
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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: a book reviewNo climate scientist has been subject to more attacks on their science and character than Penn State's Michael Mann, originator of the famed "hockey stick" graph of Earth's temperature history. Dr. Mann has an excellent new book called "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines" that takes the reader on a fascinating journey to the front lines the high-stakes battles between climate scientists and their...
