Quick look at the week

Hot and humid with popcorn thunderstorms today, tomorrow and perhaps into Wednesday.  The remainder of the weeks gets cooler but remains unsettled until Friday.  The weekend is looking pretty good.

As side note, after a month into the season, the Atlantic tropics are finally popping into action.   Eastern North Carolina will likely be hit with what could be a major hurricane("Arthur") this Friday, spoiling 4th of July celebrations for a lot of people.

What if...

I've been meaning to post this for a while.

What if this happened in this decade or this year...   The Global Warming/Climate Change/Climate Disruption alarmists/fanatics would have a hey day.   Just sayin'.

Super Typhoon Haiyan, alarmism vs realism

Is this storm bad?  Yes.
Is this storm a disaster for the Philippines?  Absolutely.
Is this storm the strongest of the season and one of the strongest of the satellite era?  Very likely.
Is this storm going be similar to Katrina with respect to the symbolism of the effects of Global Warming?  Definitely.

Some articles, oldest to newest.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/11/07/super-typhoon-haiyan-one-of-strongest-storms-ever-heads-for-philippines/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/11/09/super-typhoon-haiyanyolanda-another-overhyped-storm-that-didnt-match-early-reports/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/11/10/bjorn-lomborg-on-haiyanyolanda/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/11/10/tropical-cyclone-heat-potential-its-all-in-the-presentation/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/11/10/an-ethical-challenge-for-greg-laden-put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is/

Snicker...

MSM is johnny-come-lately to the story..my posts:
http://yfnwg.blogspot.ca/2013/08/tropical-storm-season-update.html
http://yfnwg.blogspot.ca/2013/09/update-to-tropical-storm-season.html
http://yfnwg.blogspot.ca/2013/09/tropical-season-update.html
http://yfnwg.blogspot.ca/2013/09/update-to-tropical-season-update.html

Update to the Tropical Season update

Hurricance forecasters are doing some soul searching after predicting a very active season.
A pic and table tell the tale:

Tropical season update..

Wednesday morning update.  It's official, Humberto has tied Gustav for the latest first hurricane of the season.

The record for the latest development of the first Atlantic hurricane of the season is Gustav in 2002 which formed September 11th.
This year Humberto is challenging that record.  It currently is moving west of the Cape Verde islands in the east Atlantic far away from anything, still classified as a tropical storm.  Most experts see Humberto gaining hurricane characteristics within 24 hours.

Regardless, the season has been/is really slow to start with the ACE (accumulated cyclone energy) at 20% of average.

Update to Tropical Storm season...

An update to the update about the tropical storm season.   This August is only the 6th August in over 50 years to have 0 (zero) tropical storms in the Atlantic that have been classified a hurricane.   So the season is approaching the peak time and so far is has been very quiet.  And yet the forecasters are trying to save their forecasts by insisting that the storms are coming...I won't hold my breath.

Cool video of the 2011 Atlantic Tropical storm season

Time lapse video from Satellite images.   I found it especially interesting to see how the jet stream can just destroy an established tropical storm.