The Atlantic hurricane season is at its peak, and even though activity has briefly eased, it’s the perfect time to ready your hurricane‑prep plan. Remember that weather forecasting isn’t exact. Events like the disappearance of tropical wave 91L don’t guarantee safety, so keep your NOAA radio tested and stay informed with the latest forecasts from the National Hurricane Center. Updated US drought data is in as well. This week has your usual supply of thought provoking reading material, so let’s get started.
- Life on Mars hasn’t been found, but NASA hints at some promising information.
- If a river’s water is polluted and that water is turbulent, that can mean health ramifications for you that are very hazardous.
- A major new study finds that popular geoengineering proposals to protect polar ice are largely unworkable, risky, and distract from the urgent need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
- Cleaning up air pollution has saved lives but unintentionally revealed how removing cooling pollutants can trigger rapid warming mirroring a “termination shock” scenario where reliance on geoengineering fails, causing sudden climate collapse.
- If you’re wondering why it’s quiet at the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, you need to carefully read this article.
- Despite improved hurricane tracking, many people misinterpret forecast maps, especially the “cone of uncertainty,” which only predicts the storm’s center path and not its full impact zone. Here’s a concise primer you can listen to or read that will help you prepare for an approaching hurricane.
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
Complacency kills. Mother Nature doesn’t check your calendar. Prepare early, stay vigilant, and protect what matters most.
NOAA’s updated 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook predicts 13-18 named storms, including 5-9 hurricanes and 2-5 major hurricanes, with a 50% chance of above-normal activity. We’ve still half of the Atlantic hurricane season to go. It only takes one land-falling storm to make for devastating, and deadly, season.
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS FROM NOAA
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS FROM RED CROSS
PREPARE YOUR PETS FOR DISASTERS
HOW TO BUILD AN EMERGENCY KIT – INFORMATION COURTESY READY.GOV
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE
NOAA WEATHER RADIO
Here’s your weekly reminder to check your NOAA weather radio’s operation and its batteries. NOAA has a comprehensive page on NOAA weather radio…a feature of the National weather Service in the USA that has saved countless lives.
US DROUGHT MONITOR
Here’s the latest update on the US Drought Monitor. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows abnormal dryness persisted across much of the Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, Appalachia, Northeast, and Southeast, while heavy rains—boosted by a cold front, and localized storms—brought modest drought relief to parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, the Desert Southwest, Oregon, New Mexico, Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, and Hawaii, leaving most of the Pacific Northwest, California, Alaska, and Puerto Rico largely unchanged.. The latest fire weather outlooks can be found at the Storm Prediction Center website where they are updated daily.
CITIZEN SCIENCE
- The CoCoRaHS project invites weather enthusiasts to become citizen scientists by submitting daily precipitation reports that support forecasting and climate research even on dry days.
- Another path into becoming a citizen scientist is using the free mPING app! Your weather reports go directly to the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, OK!
That’s a wrap for this week! Thanks for stopping by! See you next Saturday!
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