Sentences with phrase «hurricane forecasting»

Public perceptions of hurricane forecasts tend to focus on uncertainty and conflicting predictions.

«The president just stripped the Department of Homeland Security of its leader, was blasted by the outgoing head of hurricane forecasting for how his budget cuts could set back this work, and lacks any experience (as a senator or governor) with navigating a difficult disaster response.

Chan and Au - Yeung say that their research shows the importance of including land - surface variation in hurricane forecasting in the future.

Diving at Ambergris Caye is possible year - round but do keep an eye on hurricane forecasts from July to September.

That data, scientists said at the Nov. 10 briefing, can be used to improve hurricane forecasting by providing more data and in a more timely manner than possible with other satellites or hurricane - tracking aircraft.

So far, these early results showed that physical conditions where the air and the ocean interact must be a vital part of any successful hurricane forecasting model and would help explain, and predict, how a storm might intensify as it moves through across the water based on the physical stress at the ocean's surface.

This is why NOAA does not make hurricane forecasts for individual months of the season.

My second observation stems from hurricane forecasting.

«NOAA's satellites underpin hurricane forecasts by providing meteorological data over vast areas where we don't have other means of information.»

Here's the scene in the Miami forecasting center, which illustrates why the midpoint of hurricane forecast tracks is relatively meaningless:

We were discussing seasonal hurricane forecasts and how the forecasted El Nino -LSB-...]

In one experiment, the researchers showed participants either a summary display or an ensemble display with hurricane forecast data and asked them to interpret size and intensity of the storm on a hypothetical oil rig that was shown in different locations.

«There are pros and cons for each method of showing hurricane forecasts.

In the mid-1980s, GFDL scientists began a 10 - year effort to transform their research model into an operational hurricane forecasting tool for the National Weather Service.

«Interpreting hurricane forecast displays can be difficult for general public: Two commonly used methods are often misunderstood by novice viewers.»

On Oct. 5, Rush Limbaugh said hurricane forecasting often involved «politics» because «the National Hurricane Center is part of the National Weather Service, which is part of the Commerce Department, which is part of the Obama administration, which by definition has been tainted.»

The climate and weather experts I spoke to all agreed: Hurricane forecasting keeps getting better year over year.

«Even though hurricane forecasts are costly and have a high impact on health and safety, there has been little research demonstrating how to depict forecast uncertainty to the general public effectively,» said Padilla.

But she also warned that spending cuts enacted by Congress threaten NOAA's ability to produce detailed hurricane forecasts and track storms in the future.

Intense storms provide the first test of powerful new hurricane forecast tools.

As these tools get an unprecedented workout thanks to an unusually ferocious series of storms, scientists may know in a few months whether hurricane forecasting is about to undergo a sea change.

«Light - based method improves practicality and quality of remote wind measurements: Innovative technology could aid hurricane forecasting, aircraft safety and wind energy generation.»

6 Hurricane forecasts today rely on Air Force pilots who zigzag through the eye, releasing dropsondes — parachute - equipped tubes containing instruments that measure pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed.

1956: Herbert Riehl and William Haggard come up with the earliest statistical hurricane forecasting system.

Severe weather outlooks will extend beyond five days, hurricane forecasts beyond seven days, and the threat of spring floods will be known weeks in advance.

During the press conference, Mary Erickson, deputy director of National Weather Service, touted the increased accuracy of hurricane forecasts resulting from investments into improving models.

During Thursday's press conference, officials also touted the updated models and tools they have to produce better forecasts for individual storms, part of a concerted effort that has greatly improved hurricane forecasts over the past couple of decades.

Long - range hurricane forecasts are eagerly awaited in U.S. financial and energy markets, which quiver every time a storm bears down on the U.S. oil and gas - producing region of the Gulf of Mexico.

The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be quieter than normal, with a below - average number of storms and hurricanes, a leading U.S. hurricane forecasting team said last week.

There are a number of signals that point to the chance for an above - average hurricane season, said Philip Klotzbach, a scientist who creates hurricane forecasts for the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University.

We have all heard of the yearly hurricane forecasts made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, now the Companion Animal Parasite Council is predicting that in 2016 the spread of vector - borne disease agents transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes will continue to promulgate and create a year - round menace to both pets and pet owners.

Joining Crichton on climate change issues was William Gray of hurricane forecasting fame, Richard Benedick (a negotiator on the Montreal Protocol on ozone - depleting chemicals), and David Sandalow (Brookings Institution).

The presence of that Leatherback at Corpus Cristi, if in fact true will severely challenge the above hurricane forecasts.

According to a 2007 presentation at the 61st Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, the improved hurricane forecasts between 2000 — 2006 resulted in savings of $ 3 billion compared to what the forecasts of the 1990s would have cost.

Has track forecasting improved (note the difference in cone area / width in the two hurricane forecast archives below) or are these fundamentally different tropical systems facing different levels of complex conditions?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its initial hurricane forecast for the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this afternoon, predicting an «active to extremely active» hurricane season.

In early October, as Hurricane Matthew approached the southeastern United States and officials ordered mass evacuations, a group of right - wing commentators alleged that the Obama administration was conspiring to exaggerate hurricane forecasts in order to scare the public about climate change.

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But today, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Association published a paper by Professor Kerry Emanuel of MIT titled «Will global warming make hurricane forecasting more difficult?»

The hurricane cemented a lifelong fascination with natural disasters, and led Navarro into her current career as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington, where she studies hurricane forecasting and how solar radiation affects the strength of hurricanes.