Sentences with phrase «of hurricane forecasts»

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.

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.

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).

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

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

Dr. Gray was a pioneer in the field of hurricane forecasting, and produced a lot of valuable scientific papers.

Most of these issues were raised by members of the hurricane forecasting community.

Not exact matches

American Airlines lowers its revenue forecast in the wake of Hurricane Irma, which hit its hub in Miami.

The National Hurricane Center, for example, relies on the «cone of uncertainty» which generates a five - day forecast.

The National Hurricane Center forecasts that Irma could go through South Florida, up through the rest of the state, and into Georgia.

The National Hurricane Center's best - known report is an official five - day forecast, which depicts a storm's center of circulation and its surrounding «cone of uncertainty.»

Oct 30 (Reuters)- Hurricane Sandy appears to have easily caused more losses than last year's Hurricane Irene, but final totals will be hard to come by for some time because of the scale of the disaster, catastrophe forecasting companies said on Tuesday.

For instance, before the 2005 hurricane season, a Bermuda cat - bond hedge fund called Nephila found a team of oceanographers in Rhode Island called Accurate Environmental Forecasting, whose forecasts of hurricane seasons had been surprisingly good.

The forecasting service is expecting at least four more named storms, two of which may be hurricane strength, and at least one of which may be a major hurricane.

«Some strengthening is forecast during the next day or two, and Maria could regain major hurricane status by Thursday,» said the NHC in its latest advisory, which also called for «catastrophic flash flooding» in parts of Puerto Rico.

Meteorological Scientist Michael Ventrice of the Weather Channel is forecasting windspeeds of up to 180 mph, which he described as the «highest windspeed forecasts I've ever seen in my 10 yrs of Atlantic hurricane forecasting.»

These are the highest windspeed forecasts I've ever seen in my 10 yrs of Atlantic hurricane forecasting.

The best historical analogue for a hurricane that follows NHC's 5 pm EDT Friday track and intensity forecast for Irma may be Hurricane Donna of 1960, which tore through the Florida Keys just northeast of Marathon as a Category 4 storm with 140 mhurricane that follows NHC's 5 pm EDT Friday track and intensity forecast for Irma may be Hurricane Donna of 1960, which tore through the Florida Keys just northeast of Marathon as a Category 4 storm with 140 mHurricane Donna of 1960, which tore through the Florida Keys just northeast of Marathon as a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds.

When there's a spate of major hurricanes, people tend to wonder if we're entering an era of bigger and more powerful storms, says Dan Kottlowski, a meteorologist at AccuWeather, a Pennsylvania - based company that provides forecasts.

«It becomes especially difficult to forecast during hurricane season where you don't want to run the risk of running out of product if ports close while still being cognizant of product shelf life.

On the bright side, forecasts show that Hurricane Maria is weakening, with sustained wind speeds of 80 miles per hour, and is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm by Tuesday.

The storm is forecast to be at Category 1 hurricane strength when it makes landfall tonight just south of New Orleans.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami has generated a forecast track for Hurricane Joaquin that closely follows the path Superstorm Sandy took, raising a New York City strike higher on the list of possibilities.

The 2017 hurricane season has highlighted the critical need to communicate a storm's impact path and intensity accurately, but new research from the University of Utah shows significant misunderstandings of the two most commonly used storm forecast visualization methods.

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

This type of risk assessment is inaccurate because forecast scientists choose how many lines they want to show — meaning that ensemble forecasts rarely show all the possible paths the hurricane could take.

NOAA would receive a total of $ 120.9 million for hurricane research efforts including mapping and charting, and hurricane intensity and flood forecasting.

Six to 10 of those storms are likely to reach hurricane strength, the agency said in its initial forecast for the 2011 storm season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 1.

Scientists working to improve storm intensity forecasting have identified a more accurate means of predicting a hurricane's strength as it approaches landfall, using sea temperature readings that they say will help forecasters better prepare communities for storm impacts in the face of sea - level rise caused by rising global temperatures.

Instead, most modelers accommodate the inevitable uncertainties by averaging over many runs of each scenario and displaying a likely range of outcomes, much like landfall forecasts for hurricanes.

Much of our understanding of evacuation decisions comes from hurricanes, which usually have a long warning time, can be reasonably forecasted, and for which evacuation is the best choice.

Gray's team will come out with its latest forecast for this year's hurricane season at the end of this week, having previously predicted 17 storms this season.

This information collaboration is vital to scientific understanding of the atmosphere and the oceans, as well as essential for accurate forecasts and timely warnings of hurricanes, typhoons, and other severe weather.

Others, such as a new microsatellite system aiming to improve measurements of hurricane intensity and a highly anticipated new computer simulation that forecasts hurricane paths and intensities, are still in the calibration phase.

A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science research team is studying sea spray to help improve forecasting of hurricanes and tropical cyclones.

Powerful hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma and Maria are also providing a testing ground for new tools that scientists hope will save lives by improving forecasts in various ways, from narrowing a storm's future path to capturing swift changes in the intensity of storm winds.

The advent of Doppler radar in the 1950s gave meteorologists new powers to «read» the air and transformed how they forecast tornadoes and hurricanes.

«By improving our understanding of the processes that drive tropical cyclones and hurricanes, we will be better positioned to improve our ability to forecast these events and their impacts with longer and longer lead times,» he says.

Gabriel Vecchi, head of the climate variations and predictability group at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab and another author on the paper, says decades of weather prediction data show that forecasts have improved — and will improve — as scientists learn more about hurricanes.

He's now one of the leading experts in forecasting the Atlantic hurricane season.

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

«We believe this first study of rogue waves occurring over space and time during hurricanes will help improve real - time forecasting for shipping companies and other organizations that need to understand the risk of extreme events in the oceans.»

The 2016 NOAA forecast calls for a total of 10 to 16 named storms, including both tropical storms and hurricanes.

The forecast predicts between four and eight named storms may become hurricanes — organized, rotating storms with sustained winds of 74 mph (119 km / h) or faster.

For the eastern Pacific, NOAA is forecasting 13 to 20 named storms, including six to 11 hurricanes, of which three to six are expected to be major hurricanes.

Without more detailed satellite observations, extending the range of accurate weather forecasts — especially for such extreme events as hurricanes — would be severely restricted.

Artist's rendering of NASA's ISS - RapidScat instrument (inset), which will launch to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ocean surface wind speed and direction and help improve weather forecasts, including hurricane monitoring.

The forecast is currently for 11 to 17 storms to form, of which five to nine are expected to become hurricanes, and two to four major hurricanes

That program was established by NOAA in 2009, in part as a response to the pummeling the U.S. received from a number of hurricanes during the early years of that decade and the relative lack of progress made in improving forecasts up to that point.