Tag: Weather

Near 100% chance of tropical cyclone forming over Memorial Day weekend

There’s a near 100% chance of a tropical or subtropical cyclone forming off the Atlantic coast sometime this weekend. If she reaches tropical storm strength, which seems likely, she’ll be christened Beryl.

Irene followup: NYC orders mandatory evacuation of lowest lying areas

I worried in an earlier post that some people were not taking Hurricane Irene’s danger seriously enough. So it’s good to see New York City taking a necessary step with a storm of this size (a strong category 2 that…

Watching Irene

I’m fascinated by big storms and other major weather events. And I’m sure I’m not the only one that has been following the track and development of Hurricane Irene in pretty great detail. I was watching the Weather Channel last…

Recapping the history of major hurricanes (category 3+) hitting the Georgia coast

I posted some of this information before, but this seems like a good time for a recap. No major hurricanes — defined as those of category 3, 4, or 5 — made landfall on the Georgia coast in the 20th…

Savannah and hurricanes: a tale of two centuries

Tropical storm Emily is a long, long way away from Coastal Georgia, and the current forecast has it remaining a tropical storm (not a hurricane) as it gets closer to us. [Update, 8/4: Emily collapsed earlier today over the mountains…