RAMMB CIRA 3rd Quarter Report |
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April May June 2007 |
M. DeMaria provided telephone interviews to Michael Cristy from Reuters News and Sarah Moore from the Beaumont Texas Enterprise concerning the formation of subtropical storm Andrea, which was the first tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Information on the difference between a subtropical and fully tropical cyclone were explained, and the implications of the formation of a tropical cyclone more than two weeks before the official start of the Atlantic season. Historically, early season storms are not that uncommon (about 20 over the past 150 years), and do not necessarily indicate that the season will be above normal. (M. DeMaria)
The Sarasota, Florida Herald-Tribune is preparing a new hurricane web page to depict the impacts of historical hurricanes on Florida. The National Hurricane Center “best track” database includes storm track and maximum wind information back to 1851, but does not provide storm size information. A hurricane size database developed at RAMMB for tropical cyclone satellite retrieval algorithm development was provided to the Herald-Tribune. This database includes storm size estimates from NHC advisories back to 1988 and from a climatological model for 1851 to 1987. The climatological model provides the first guess for the RAMMB AMSU wind structure algorithm. (M. DeMaria, J. Knaff)