Tropical Cyclones

Today! Tropical Depression

Edouard Heading to Texas
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/03/
tropical.weather/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
Tropical Cyclone Structure
Tropical Waves and the ITCZ
Tropical Storm Origins
Tropical Storm Origins
Tropical Storm Origins
Tropical Storm Origins
Tropical Storm Origins
 Number of Hurricane Strikes
per Decade
18
5

0
5
10
15
20
25
30
18 1-1
6 86
18 1-1 0
71 870
18 -1
8 88
18 1-1 0
91 890
19 -1
0 90
19 1-1 0
11 910
19 -1
21 920
19 -1
3 93
19 1-1 0
41 940
19 -1
5 95
19 1-1 0
61 960
19 -1
71 970
19 -1
81 980
19 -1
91 990
20 -2
the Strike the U.S.A

01 000
-2
00
4
Variability in Number of Hurricanes to

Major 3,4,5
All 1,2,3,4,5
 Then Came 2005
Busiest Atlantic Hurricane season ever.
28 named storms. Ran out of the alphabet.
Season persisted to January 6, 2006 with
tropical storm Zeta.
Most hurricanes (15) & most category 5 (4).
Most intense tropical cyclone ever Wilma.
882 mb atm. Pressure, 185 mph winds.
At least 2,280 deaths and record damages
of over $100 billion.
2005
Wind Speed vs. Atmospheric
Pressure
Eye Wall Velocities in Cross
Section

Georges vs. Mitch

Hurricane
Floyd
Winds
Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge

Hurricane Carol
 Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge

Storm surge on shallow

water coastline

Storm surge on deep

water coastline
Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge

From a Category Four Event in Eastern Suffolk County

Hurricane Floyd
Hurricane Floyd
 Hurricane Floyd

Serious flooding from North Carolina through New Jersey.

Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
 Hurricane Katrina

http://www.nasa.gov/mpg/126449main_katrina_fred_animation.mpg
 Hurricane Katrina

This is an image of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 5:30 PM EDT
(21:33 UTC) as seen by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite's
PR (Precipitation Radar), VIRS (Visible Infrared Scanner), TMI (Tropical Microwave
Imager) and the GOES spacecraft. TRMM looks underneath of the storm's clouds
to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25
inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is
Hurricane Katrina
 Hurricane Katrina

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/new-orleans_katrina-comp03.htm
Hurricane
Katrina
 Hurricane Katrina
06 June 2005:
In fiscal year 2006, the New Orleans district of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bracing for a record
$71.2 million reduction in federal funding. It would be
the largest single-year funding loss ever for the New
Orleans district, Corps officials said.
I've been here over 30 years and I've never seen this
level of reduction, said Al Naomi, project manager
for the New Orleans district... The cuts mean major
hurricane and flood protection projects will not be
awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study to
determine ways to protect the region from a
Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now.
From: http://www.legitgov.org/
Hurricane Rita