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

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