Forecasters predict another active 2025 Atlantic hurricane season

Colorado State University’s hurricane forecasting team is calling for yet another unusually active season with 17 named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes.

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Via #YaleClimateConnections #EyeOnTheStorm
#BobHenson and #JeffMasters
#AMOC
Note this is part 2/2. Read both parts of the article for the bigger picture

How much should you worry about a collapse of the Atlantic conveyor belt?
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/how-much-should-you-worry-about-a-collapse-of-the-atlantic-conveyor-belt

Also note : Some of us are actively looking at the same problem from another context -What will it take to keep #AMOC where it is now? It’s an approach that forward biases pole meltwater and methane as accelerants. Not pretty in the short term

How much should you worry about a collapse of the Atlantic conveyor belt?

Scientists warned recently that the risk "has so far been greatly underestimated."

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Four ways climate change likely made Hurricane Helene worse

Climate change makes the strongest hurricanes stronger, increases rainfall, increases storm surge damage through sea level rise, and increases the probability of rapid intensification events.

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What should you do to prepare for the climate change storm?

Do you stand your ground or seek out a climate haven? Some resources to help you decide.

Jeff Masters: "…before you pack your bags, first make sure you understand the expected consequences of climate change where you live now. Do those risks outweigh the cost of leaving behind friends, neighbors, family, and professional contacts?"

#ClimateChange #ClimateRisks #JeffMasters

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/what-should-you-do-to-prepare-for-the-climate-change-storm/

What should you do to prepare for the climate change storm?

Do you stand your ground or seek out a climate haven? Some resources to help you decide.

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Category 4 Beryl on collision course with Windward Islands

Beryl is the Atlantic's first June category 4 hurricane on record, and will be one of the strongest hurricanes ever to affect the Windward Islands.

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Real winter finally roars into the United States

Mildness and bare ground are quickly segueing into a volley of severe thunderstorms, flooding rains, blizzard conditions, and high winds.

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"Residents in evacuation areas should heed evacuation orders quickly. Idalia is expected to accelerate its forward speed, so landfall & conditions will rapidly deteriorate beginning late Tuesday morning in[to] the afternoon across the warned areas in Florida."

"…Idalia (or its remnants) could linger along the SE U.S. coast through the weekend…"

#Idalia discussion from #JeffMasters & #BobHenson

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/08/hurricane-and-storm-surge-warnings-for-florida-as-idalia-heads-north/

Hurricane and storm surge warnings for Florida as Idalia heads north

Idalia is expected to intensify into a major hurricane before striking Florida's northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday morning.

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@ai6yr

Lotsa good info from #BobHenson & #JeffMasters re #Idalia – compares to "The most recent hurricane to hit the Big Bend region of Florida was Hurricane Hermine, which hit just east of St. Marks as a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds…" whose "highest measured storm surge was 7.5 ft above normal tide levels at Cedar Key, which lay about 100 miles to the east of Hermine’s path." Notes full moon Wed. night; high tide at #CedarKey Wed.1:45pm EDT https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/08/tropical-storm-idalia-soon-to-enter-gulf-and-intensify/

Tropical Storm Idalia soon to enter Gulf and intensify

The tropical storm is predicted to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida as a hurricane by early Wednesday.

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Florida waters hit hot tub levels

"We've never seen a record-breaking event like this before," meteorologist Jeff Masters said.