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09/12/2024, 5:04 am EDT
After the driest August since 2013, the last thing U.S. Corn needs is late season heat. Unfortunately, very warm to hot temperatures are in the forecast most focused in the medium range. There are patchy wet zones in the outlook. The drought-ridden southern sugarcane areas in Brazil receive adjusted much wetter 15-day forecasts.
09/10/2024, 1:36 pm EDT
Meteorological summer 2024 was the 4th hottest on record. Last year was the 15th hottest on record while 2022 was the 4th hottest on record at that time. Summer 2021 was the hottest on record. Summer 2024 set records for heat 5 states including California and Arizona, Florida, plus New Hampshire and Maine.
09/10/2024, 6:15 am EDT
Tropical Storm Francine is not yet a fully realized tropical cyclone. However, that changes later today as Francine gains hurricane intensity. Francine feels the westerly shear north of the storm which turns the hurricane toward Louisiana tonight and Wednesday with landfall projected around 4PM across Vermillion Bay. France should reach category 2 intensity prior to landfall.
09/08/2024, 9:22 am EDT
In August, the sunspot number (215) was the highest observed since September 2001 (23 years). The solar maxima of solar cycle 25 has arrived! The solar maxima for cycle 25 is just beginning and could continue to intensify as solar maxima can last up to 2 years.
09/06/2024, 8:48 am EDT
To help inspire vertical motion, plentiful moisture at the mid-troposphere level is helpful to create an environment supportive of tropical cyclone development. However, during early September, relative humidity at 600 MB across the deep tropics in the North Atlantic basin is arid. Plentiful moisture at 600 MB is too far to the north to help inspire TC activity.
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Possible Carolinas/Mid-Atlantic States Heavy Rain Episode Early Next Week
An area of low-pressure forms near or south of a frontal boundary off the Southeast U.S. Coast late this weekend and gradually strengthens over the warm waters near the Gulf Stream. A subtropical or tropical storm may develop.
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An Update on North Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Factors
A review of the seasonal hurricane activity predictors is mixed with warm SSTA in the main development region (MDR) supportive of hurricane development while fast trade winds suppressing tropical development have been a significant inhibiting factor.