Friday, October 26, 2012
National Hurricane Center puts track of 'Frankenstorm' — potentially a tropical storm inside a nor'easter — a bit closer to Northern Virginia, the District and Maryland.
Update, 6:05 a.m. Saturday - Click here or the latest forecast information on Hurricane Sandy's track through Northern Virginia and Washington. ---------------- Update, 1:40 p.m. Friday As of early Friday afternoon, Hurricane Sandy had sustained winds of 80 mph — making it a Category 1 storm — as it slowly traveled north of the Bahamas. The storm is moving at just 6 mph. Saturday's weather should be cloudy with temperatures in the mid-60s. Some rain will start Saturday evening as temperatures drop into the 50s. The probability of rain increases Sunday morning (during the Marine Corps Marathon) with more wind and rain as the storm gets close Sunday afternoon. Right now, the National Hurricane Center is predicting a greater than 40 …
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
National Weather Service experts will help regions prepare for extreme weather.
The National Weather Service has selected the Washington, D.C., metro area as one of half a dozen regions across the country to roll out community-based pilot programs for its new "Weather Ready Nation" campaign. The campaign aims to better prepare Americans for extreme weather circumstances by emphasizing the threat extreme weather poses, urging individuals and families to create emergency plans and to better communicate the message of threats and warnings. The ultimate goal is to save more lives. Weather service meteorologists will be deployed to D.C. and other localities, such as New Orleans and Fort Worth, Texas, to begin training local emergency management officials and the public at large. These experts will help prepare these …
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The NWS and NOAA are calling for three to five major hurricanes.
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service now say they expect more named storms, more hurricanes and higher likelihood for an "above normal" Atlantic hurricane season. This forecast has been revised from previous predictions made in May. Gerry Bell, the lead hurricane season forecaster at the National Weather Service, said the hurricane outlook is revised every year in August. Although hurricane season starts on June 1, peak months of storm activity are traditionally August, September and October. "We are now entering the peak months," Bell said during a teleconference call with reporters on Thursday. "We're expecting the activity to start picking up." The new predictions call for an 85 percent chance of an "above normal" season …
Conor
2:41 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Hooray for D.C.! What a distinguished honor! Though it sounds like the Weather Service will never be satisfied, "As long as people are dying … the weather service and its partners will never be satisfied,". Yikes, what pressure to put on our population! Better start looking into cryogenics and shopping at Whole Foods methinks! Maybe we can purchase an umbrella with our Omega-3's... more ›