Category Archives: NOAA

Colorado State Increases Atlantic Hurricane Forecast After Beryl

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Hurricane Beryl (now making its way through middle America) set multiple records for an early-season hurricane, including the most rapid intensification ever seen, as well as the first Category 5 hurricane on record for this time of year.

The NOAA forecast for the 2024 Hurricane Season called for significantly more storms, and more intense storms than average.  Experience from Beryl has many groups wondering if their forecasts need to be revised.  Colorado State just did exactly that, bumping their forecast numbers up.

The reason for pointing this out is that we, in New England, are at a higher risk than usual, with warmer waters off our coast (usually our cold waters cause storms to die out).  Now is the time to make our preparation for the upcoming storm season.  Review your evacuation plans, tune-up your generators, and have your go-kits ready to go.

Are you prepared? Hurricane Season is underway!

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NOAA has announced a much greater than normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook with 17 to 25 named storms and 4-7 major ones.

With this in mind, are you ready for this year’s hurricane season?  Do you have a plan for protecting your home and family?  See this resource for planning help.

Are you currious about the data that backs up the forecast?  There is an excellent 15 minute long discussion about how the transition from El Nino to La Nina, water temperatures in the Pacific and Atlantic, and upper level winds all factor into the probability of hurricanes. 

 

Com Volunteers Needed for May 6 Hurricane Awareness Tour

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As many of you know, the National Weather Service is hosting a Hurricane Awareness Tour that is coming to RI, at Quonset Point Airfield on Monday May 6th… Our membership, will provide communications support for the first Hurricane Awareness Tour to visit New England in 11 yrs.

We need as many volunteers as we can muster. Tasks include making contact with the National Hurricane Center on HF, guiding visitors to planes, to exhibits, controlling flow of visitors through the demonstrations, and at least one net control station for VHF. We will have at least one VHF Station set up for local communications, and one HF Station set up for comms with the NHC

We need volunteers to arrive at AT 8AM. Bring your HT.

We are seeking as many members as we can muster. I realize this is a weekday, and many of us work. But I do hope we can get a good number of you to support this event.

Contact Paul N1PSX (N1PSX@arrl.org) with your availability…

Thank you on behalf of RI ARES

https://www.weather.gov/box/2019HAT