By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson on November 30th, 2020. It is that time of the year when we see snowkiters coming out for action as snow hits the mountains. Although snow-kiting can be done is almost any wind direction, there are two main flows in the mountains we will discuss, being “Anabatic” and “Katabatic” winds….
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson on 11/22/2020. This is what cool Canadian northerly air diving down over warmer Atlantic waters looks like. It is called “horizonal convective rolling” or “cloud streeting” where cool, condensed air sinks over a more buoyant, warm and moist environment that is capped at the surface. The thermal lifting process then…
We hear the term “subsidence” is weather every once in awhile. But what is it? To understand that, we have to know that it is usually associated with robust areas, or “domes” of High pressure. Warm moist air that has been lifted high up in the atmosphere by cold fronts and/or central Low pressure(s) eventually…
As if 2020 could not get any worse, we now have Hurricane Zeta that formed rapidly today in the northwestern Caribbean and is moving across the Yucatan peninsula tonight. Current Winds: 80 mph Pressure: 983 mb’s Heading NW at 12mph From here, it will head northwards and eventually make landfall along the central northern Gulf…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 10/6/20 This year has certainly shown a very active hurricane season, and it is not over officially until November 30th. We are currently in the Greek alphabet on Hurricane Delta, which has exploded in strength over the last 36 hours. As of 8AM Monday morning (10/5/20), winds were only at…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson on 9/9/2020 We certainly had a tough time this year pronouncing the name “Isaias”, which led to several meteorologists stumbling over the name at least once or twice during discussions. But this also sparked interest in how these names are picked, what other names are on the list and how…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson on 8/30/2020 We have certainly see quite a bit of activity in the month of June, including a US landfall over western Lousiana by a major CAT 4 Hurricane Laura on Thursday, August 27, 2020. Many records have been broken this year with getting to early names in the alphabet…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson 8/26/20 at ~11:30PM ET We are about to see an incredibly dangerous/catastrophic storm make landfall along the western LA coast as a strong CAT 4 with winds of 150mph. This storm has rapidly intensified over the last 24hrs as it left Cuba and wobbled across the Gulf of Mexico. Just…
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson. Latest discussion on the tropics 8/19/20 9:30PM ET… Shea Gibson WeatherFlow Meteorologist/Wind Forecaster SE Region / East Coast / Tropics New Stations Projects & Outreach Twitter: @WeatherFlowCHAS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeatherFlowCHAS/
By WeatherFlow meteorologist Shea Gibson on 7/20/2020 at ~9:00PM ET. 7/20/2020 Monday 8PM Tropics Update: We are starting to climb into the more active portion of the hurricane season and will begin to see more activity in all areas of the Atlantic basin including now the MDR (main development region). Here are the 3 main…