07.23.08 - Hurricane Dolly moves to the coast Hurricane Dolly is moving to the coast and has gained strength. At 11 AM EST, The hurricane center was located at approximately 26.0 N 97.0 W, moving Northwest at 7 mph, with a central pressure of 964 mb and maximum winds of 100 mph. The pressure has made a dramatic decrease, dropping over 20mb...
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07.22.08 - Active Start to the 2008 Hurricane Season The 2008 Hurricane season has definitely begun. Tropical Storm Cristobal is moving further away from the East coast with wind speeds around 55 knots, with a pressure of 1002 mb. As the storm moves further North over cooler waters it will steadily weaken as it encounters high wind shear. It is l...
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07.15.08 - Tropical Storm Bertha moves past Bermuda Tropical Storm Bertha has moved past Bermuda dumping some rainfall and producing high winds and surf. At approximately 10:00 am EST on July 15, 2008 Tropical Storm Bertha was maintaining a wind speed of 60 kts, with a central pressure of approximately 995 mb and located around 35.6N 62.7W. The ...
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07.09.08 - What will Bertha do next? hat will Bertha do next? That seems to be the big question. As of July 09 Bertha has started to move in a West/Northwest direction and has been maintaining its category 1 strength. In recent imagery the eye appears to be reforming, and with the storms movement over warmer waters in the next few...
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07.08.08 - Bertha rapidly becomes a category 3! The first named hurricane of the season, Bertha, rapidly intensified on Sunday to a category 3 storm with winds reaching 120 mph and a central pressure of 948 mb. Hurricane Bertha is expected to stay in the Atlantic region and decrease in intensity over the next few days. As of 2:00 p.m. EDT, H...
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03.13.08 - Hurricane Data Analysis Tool The Hurricane Data Analysis Tool (formerly TRMM QuikSCAT Analysis) has now incorporated NCEP Reanalysis data. Users can now generate on-the-fly visualizations for hurricane events and overlay some of the following parameters: sea level pressure, sea surface temperature, winds and precipitation. + Read More
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01.08.08 - Create wind speed plots in the Hurricane Portal! User's can now create wind speed plots, along with wind vectors, using the TRMM-QuikSCAT analysis tool! + Read More
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11.13.07 - GES DISC participation in the AGU Fall 2007 Meeting in San Francisco The GES DISC will participate in the AGU Fall 2007 Meeting in San Francisco, December 10-14, including 17 papers highlighting recent developments in the Hydrology, AIRS, Giovanni, and Hurricane portals, as well as the A-Train Data Depot, Atmospheric Composition DISC, and other projects. + Read More
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10.10.07 - New data added to the TRMM-QuikScat Analysis Tool! The online tool allows users to visualize and analyze NASA's daily QuikSCAT ocean surface wind, TRMM precipitation and TRMM TMI sea surface temperature data. Data from January 1, 1998 through August 31, 2007 is now available. + Read More
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09.24.07 - Hurricane Dean and Felix available in the archive. + Read More
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