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Bob Henson@bhensonweather.bsky.social |
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Meteorologist and journalist. I cover wacky weather, changing climate, and how we live, love, work, get around, and dream.
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Bob Henson
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After the second hottest June in US history, the burners aren't exactly being turned down this month. Las Vegas is having the hottest week in its history, and heat advisories now stretch from Boston to Birmingham. Many more records will fall.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/reco...
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Bob Henson
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After angling northward and intensifying as it moved onshore, #Beryl socked Houston with flooding and more than 2.6 million power outages, completing a record-early rampage fueled by early/extreme ocean warmth.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/hous...
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Bob Henson
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#Beryl is on track to strike the mid-Texas coast early Monday, perhaps as a rapidly intensifying category 1 or 2 storm. Here's an update with @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/bery...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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Bottom line from the latest Beryl discussion from Bob Henson and I: It is likely that Beryl will make landfall in Texas on Monday as a rapidly intensifying hurricane, most likely as a Cat 1 or Cat 2, but landfall as a major Cat 3 is looking less likely.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/trop...
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Bob Henson
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Sorry, I do way too much lurking than posting over here! :-)
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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The intensity forecast is very uncertain, but the Gulf of Mexico is notorious for breeding rapidly intensifiers, and we should not be surprised if Beryl overachieves (again!) and makes landfall in Texas on Monday as a rapidly intensifying Cat 2+ hurricane.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/hurr...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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Beryl's long tour of the Atlantic has two more stops to go--Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the Texas/Mexico border region--after making unwelcome visits to the Windward Islands, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands. The July 4th update from Bob Henson and I: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/hurr...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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The latest on Hurricane Beryl from Bob Henson and myself: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/cate...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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The latest on Cat 5 Hurricane Beryl from Bob Henson and myself: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/jama...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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The latest on Hurricane Beryl, Tropical Storm Chris, and the potential for a Tropical Storm Debby late this week: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/cate...
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Bob Henson
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#Beryl has intensified at a sizzling pace this weekend into an ominous, record-early Category 4 hurricane. Here's the latest from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social and me.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/cate...
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Bob Henson
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Tropical Depression 2 is expected to evolve into #Beryl early this weekend, and it could slam the Windward Islands on Monday as a formidable hurricane. The latest from me and @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/leew...
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Bob Henson
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Between #94L, #95L, and another potential system behind it, the Atlantic is suddenly crackling with action. Particularly worrisome is #95L, which may threaten the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane by Sun/Mon. Here's an update with @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/an-e...
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Bob Henson
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Lighthearted beach photos clearly don't tell the full story of a dangerous heat wave. Yet it can be tough to capture these quiet disasters in pictorial form.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/how-...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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When disaster strikes in the form of a major flood, hurricane, or the like, we merely give the equivalent of a blood transfusion to the injured, without stopping the bleeding. My latest on U.S. climate adaptation efforts:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/the-...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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My latest post: consider the bipartisan National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2023, to produce a national climate adaptation and resilience strategy, with a chief resilience officer appointed by the president. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/the-...
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Bob Henson
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Heads up: Sunday's severe weather threat is unusually potent for the Northeast. Per SPC, "Scattered damaging winds and a few tornadoes are likely across parts of the Northeast and New England." Highest tornado odds are from the mid-Hudson Valley to far W Maine.
www.spc.noaa.gov/products/out...
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Bob Henson
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Though weak and lopsided, TS #Alberto brought intense flash flooding to Monterrey, MX, and high water to the upper TX coast. Two more systems could become short-lived tropical storms between now and Monday. Here's my latest with @DrJeffMasters:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/flas...
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Bob Henson
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If any storm ever earned the boilerplate caution "do not focus on the exact forecast track", it's #Alberto. Major coastal flooding has occurred near Galveston TX, more than 500 mi N of Alberto's center! Here's more from me and @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/trop...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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Potential Tropical Cyclone 1 has already killed 13 people in Central America, and is expected to become Tropical Storm Alberto on Wednesday and make landfall in NE Mexico on Wednesday night. The lastest from Bob Henson and I: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/trop...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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Heavy rains in excess of 10 inches in 24 hours have already fallen in El Salvador from the large Central American Gyre. This system is expected to spawn the season's first tropical depression in the Atlantic this week. Bob Henson and I give the details: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/gulf...
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Bob Henson
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The disturbance #90L that helped douse Florida has only a slim chance of tropical development this weekend off the East Coast. Much more concerning is the next few days in the western Gulf/Caribbean. Term to watch: Central American Gyre, or #CAG.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/trop...
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Bob Henson
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There are two chances at hand for the Atlantic's first named tropical system of 2024: one off the Southeast U.S. coast late this week, and another in the Bay of Campeche early next week.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/the-...
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Bob Henson
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La Niña is about to break a year-long global fever that's getting a big surge in scientific scrutiny. As for longer-term warming, it's not leaving anytime soon, as UN Secretary-General noted in a major speech today.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/rese...
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Bob Henson
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Powerful T-storm winds on Tues – 75 mph (Dallas Love Field) and 88 mph (Houston Bush Intercontinental) – cut power to roughly a million TX customers.
That's on top of the destructive & deadly severe weather that pockmarked the US holiday weekend.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/at-l...
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Bob Henson
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Why so stormy lately? How does this US tornado season rank historically? And how does climate change intersect with severe local storms?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/anot...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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Michael Lowry on the insanely hot Atlantic temperatures: "Whether hurricane season lives up to this year’s hype is to be seen, but with 90% of the tropical belt immersed in record or near record warm waters, the Atlantic powder keg awaits its first spark." yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/what...
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Bob Henson
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Thursday’s derecho-like windstorm is a potent reminder that (a) hurricane season is nearly upon us, and (b) Texas is especially vulnerable.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/hous...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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I review the monthly stats for April in my latest post. One that jumps out: a remarkable 14.7% of the globe's surface was record-warm, NOAA said today, which is the 2nd-highest percentage on record, behind the 15% from Sep. 2023. Already 12 billion-dollar weather disasters globally.
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Bob Henson
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Some cameras (including newer iPhones) are sensitive enough to yield stunning auroral pix even when the aurora is nearly or totally invisible to the naked eye. If you get and post any great pix tonight, please include a word or two on what it actually looked like! Happy viewing to all.
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North Texas is bracing for huge hail and the South could get a derecho on Thurs night — just the latest in a week of tornadoes and other severe weather plaguing large parts of the country.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/a-we...
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Bob Henson
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A truly exceptional day appears to be on tap for OK and southern KS, and not in a good way :-/ It's the first top-end severe weather outlook for the Plains since the 2010s. Intense long-track tornadoes are very possible.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/roug...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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A rare hurricane-strength tropical cyclone is headed toward Tanzania, which rarely sees tropical cyclones because it is so close to the equator. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/a-ra...
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Bob Henson
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Many recent U.S. tornado outbreaks have slammed the Mississippi Valley and Southeast, but on Friday and Saturday 4/26-4/27, the Tornado Alley of the Great Plains reasserted itself in a grim way.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/at-l...
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Peter Mullinax
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A reminder High Risks should be taken very seriously. A dangerous day from both severe weather & flash flooding perspectives today.
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Bob Henson
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This is a "particularly dangerous situation" watch, with "a few intense tornadoes likely."
Short-range models paint an ominous picture for potentially strong, long-track tornadoes well into this evening from OK into S/SE KS.
www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wat...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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My latest post summarizes March 2024, the planet’s 10th consecutive warmest month on record. Remarkable that 5 nations/territories set an all-time heat record for any month, and an additional 24 set an all-time March heat record.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/eart...
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Bob Henson
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Some great tips here on surprisingly doable ways to make it less likely a tornado will rip your home apart.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/how-...
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Dr. Jeff Masters
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The CSU Atlantic hurricane season forecast is super-aggressive: 23 named storms, 11 hurricanes, 5 majors. If this verifies, the number of named storms would rank 3rd-highest on record; hurricanes, 5th-highest; major hurricanes, 9th; ACE index, 9th.
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Bob Henson
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The U.S. saw its two worst tornado outbreaks in April 1974 (50 yrs ago today) and April 2011. How might things look different next time? Some thoughts from @drshepherd2013.bsky.social + Victor Gensini & a few reflections from @DrJeffMasters and me:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/how-...
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Bob Henson
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Still time to sign up…
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Bob Henson
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It's been a half century since the "first" Super Outbreak of tornadoes: April 3, 1974. You can sign up below to join us for a special AMS Weather Band webinar, where several of us will discuss this unforgettable event and its many reverberations.
tinyurl.com/4tw8ux6n
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Bob Henson
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A note re today's EPA auto rule: the de facto target for 2032 is 56% electric vehicles (EVs) and 13% plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), which use both gas and electricity. Some media refer to PHEVs simply as "hybrids", but there are also "regular" hybrids that use only gas & don't plug in. #confusing
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Bob Henson
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Today’s spring equinox is the earliest in 128 years! Not sure why this factoid has gotten virtually no U.S. media notice, but here’s an explainer from Canada’s Weather Network:
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
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Bob Henson
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Same song, ninth verse: Every month since June—including this past Feb—has been the warmest iteration of that month globally in at least 175 years.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/03/we-j...
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Sara Peach
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Not good, folks: We just had the warmest U.S. winter on record. As @bhensonweather.bsky.social writes, "Snow cover was scarce, the Great Lakes were mostly ice-free, and a million-acre wildfire tore across Texas."
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Theresa Crimmins
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Ok *now* it's starting to really look like an early spring - we are seeing plant response to the really warm winter and early spring, esp in the middle of the country. This is the 6-day forecast for the "start of spring," with some locations 4wks early now #phenology www.usanpn.org/data/maps/spring
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sam
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it's not wxtwitter at its peak but "current events weather" accounts are ticking up @alexlamers.bsky.social @vortexjeff.bsky.social @wxmanms1.bsky.social @drjeffmasters.bsky.social @bhensonweather.bsky.social @pppapin.bsky.social @heatwavekgns.bsky.social @tornatrix.bsky.social @burgwx.bsky.social
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Bob Henson
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Honored to join Susan Joy Hassol and @michaelemann.bsky.social for this one! Love working with Alexandra Steele and @sarapeach.bsky.social.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/03/zomb...
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Bob Henson
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In the history of “key messages” issued by NWS offices, this smorgasbord is as key as it gets. Good Lord!
forecast.weather.gov/product.php?...
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