Tag Archives: Hurricane Hermine

HRD Monthly Science Meeting of December 2016

Posted on December 8, 2016 by

December’s science meeting consisted of 6 presentations: Paul Reasor (HRD):  “Real-time, storm-scale diagnostics derived from Tail Doppler Radar”, Jun Zhang (HRD):  “Recent improvement in physical parameterization of horizontal turbulent mixing in HWRF “, Rob Rogers (HRD):  “Re-writing the Tropical Record … Continue reading →

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2016 Hurricane Season ends

Posted on November 30, 2016 by

Today marks the last day of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, and it was a busy one for us.  AOML’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) participated in 57 missions into six different tropical cyclones: Colin, Earl, Javier (East Pacific), Hermine, Karl, … Continue reading →

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HRD Seminar – Dr. Chris Hennon and Will Clark, University of North Carolina at Asheville – 11 October 2016

Posted on October 11, 2016 by

Dr. Hennon presented a seminar on “Toward a Global Homogeneous Tropical Cyclone Data Record”. Abstract Any analysis of global tropical cyclone (TC) activity must account for the myriad of interagency differences in determining maximum wind speed.  Although the use of … Continue reading →

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HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Hermine – 15 September 2016

Posted on September 18, 2016 by

HRD researchers discussed the results from the 11 P-3 missions into AL99, TD9, and eventually Hurricane Hermine (25 August to 2 September 2016). The agenda for the discussion was: Slides from the debrief are available at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/meetings/2016/HFP/Hermine_debrief.pptx.zip  

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Frank Marks talks to the Charleston Post and Courier about the difficulties in forecasting Hurricane Hermine

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

Read the article at http://www.postandcourier.com/20160907/160909619/storm-models-no-match-for-uncertain-hurricane-hermine.

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More photographs of Hurricane Hermine from NOAA Hurricane Hunters in the Washington Post Capital Weather Gang blog

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

See all the photos at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/09/07/hermine-has-had-many-faces-and-the-hurricane-hunters-photographed-them-all/

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Hurricane Field Program Update – Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 11AM Eastern

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

OPERATIONS Thursday, 1 Sept. 2016 NOAA43: Flew an NHC operationally tasked reconnaissance mission into Tropical Storm Hermine. This means that NHC requested this flight into the storm. Take off was at 0400 UTC (12AM Eastern) to and from MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL. Three … Continue reading →

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The P3 flies again into Tropical Storm Hermine

Posted on August 31, 2016 by

We continue to collect data in Tropical Storm Hermine. The NOAA43 hurricane hunter aircraft is set to fly into Hermine. It will take off at 12AM eastern time for an eight hour mission to and from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, … Continue reading →

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Up and away, NOAA’s hurricane hunter P3 aircraft is headed to fly into TD9

Posted on August 31, 2016 by

The NOAA43 hurricane hunter aircraft took off at noon eastern time for an eight hour mission to and from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The goal is to collect data in and around the tropical disturbance. They will be launching … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Field Program Update – Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016 11AM Eastern

Posted on August 31, 2016 by

OPERATIONS Wednesday, 31 Aug. 2016 NOAA43: Was scheduled to fly into Tropical Disturbance Nine (TD9) with a take off time of 0430 UTC (1230AM Eastern). This was was cancelled due to mechanical issues that are now fixed. NOAA43: Is scheduled to fly an NHC operationally … Continue reading →

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