LRandyB's Tropical Weather Discussion

The End of the 2011 Hurricane Season and a Career, Monday, December 5th, 2011

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:47:00 GMT

We have come to the end of yet another hurricane season and, as predicted, it was a busy one, at least in terms of the number of storms we had. There were an unusually low number of landfalls but we won't complain about that. You can read Dr. Master's blog for the the stats for the 2011 season. It was my 15th season with the Hurricane Hunters and my last. I am retiring from the AF Reserves as of December 31st and I flew my last flight on Fri...
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Tropical Weather Discussion for Thursday, September 1, 2011

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:24:00 GMT

Hi folks! Well, after two weeks in the Caribbean flying Irene, I am back at Keesler AFB in Biloxi and the season is starting to roll along. We have Hurricane Katia in the Atlantic, a disturbance in the North Atlantic, and a disturbance in the Gulf. And while no one is talking about it yet, there is a fairly vigorous wave just off Africa a little south of the point where Katia got going. In the Gulf of Mexico ......The big news here is Invest 93L over the central Gul...
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Tropical Weather Discussion - Friday, August 26, 2011

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:33:00 GMT

I'm back from St. Croix after two weeks there and a week and half of flying Irene. The Hurricane Hunters haver pulled their crews out of St. Croix, brought them home to Biloxi, pulled in some fresh crews, and are deploying to Savannah, GA to continue flying Irene for the next day or so until she makes landfall in New England. I'll focus solely on Irene for this discussion.The 5pm advisory for Irene put the storm at 265 miles SSW of Cape Hatteras, NC moving N at 14 m...
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Tropical Weather Discussion - Thursday, August 11, 2011

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:10:00 GMT

Hi folks!!! After a busy couple of months, I'm going to try to get back in the blog here. I'm married now and settling down with my new wife, Ronda. I start my two week Air Force Reserve Annual Tour this Saturday and it looks like we'll head straight to St. Croix to start flying Atlantic systems. Of course, I'll have my camera with me!Yesterday's POD (Plan of the Day) from NHC had a possible invest for Saturday. Today's POD pushed that off to Sunday. So we'll see wh...
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Tropical Weather Discussion - Saturday, June 4th, 2011

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:46:00 GMT

Good morning.Not a lot has changed in the last couple of days. Invest 93L fizzled out but no surprise there really. Invest 94L was initated yesterday by NHC and the Hurricane Hunters are tasked to fly it on Sunday June 5th. Here's the details.... In the Gulf of Mexico ......For the most part, the Gulf of Mexico is clear and very dry on water vapor loops. The remnants of 93L can be seen in the western Gulf off the coast of northern Mexico. Circulation over the Gulf...
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