Wind shear can make or break a single tropical storm and can have long-term impacts on a tropical season. But, what exactly is wind shear and why is it so important in forecasting hurricanes and other ...

Weather forecasters talk about wind shear a lot during hurricane season, but what exactly is it? I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic ...

I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic hurricane season. Here’s a quick look at one of the key forces that can determine whether a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Earlier today, the 10 Tampa Bay Weather Team was tracking a new tropical wave in the tropical Atlantic. The area of stormy weather was only given a 10 percent chance of further ...

Imagine trying to build a tower of cards in a wind tunnel. No matter how strong the foundation, the upper layers won’t stand a chance. That’s what wind shear does to a developing storm. Wind shear ...

As Hurricane Milton hurdles toward Florida's west coast, there are several major atmospheric factors that are changing its structure and impact ahead of landfall. The most notable: wind shear. Milton, ...

ABSTRACT The spatiotemporal variability of the 200–850-hPa vertical wind shear over the tropical Atlantic is examined for a period of 46 yr. This work extends and updates past studies by considering a ...

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Bulletin: ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Heat index values over 100 expected. * WHERE...A portion of central ...

The big story this week in the tropics is wind shear – everywhere. Wind shear, or the change in wind speed or direction with height, is a major deterrent to tropical formation. It can act like garden ...

A statistical analysis is presented of anomalous vertical wind shear with height from the surface to 1000 and 2000 feet over the ocean. Mention is made of unusual wind effects on the sea surface as a ...