Bob Simpson

The life of Bob Simpson - The Simpson in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale


*There are a couple inaccuracies, but still a great story...

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/story/2012-06-13/hurricane-simpson/55605488/1

Derecho

Derechos:  Widespread Convectively Induced Windstorms

This is a great paper, as I think the criteria of a derecho is often confused...

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/papers/Johns_1987.pdf

2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season

While we have already reached two named storms, today marks the official start of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.  It's go time in my eyes, as this is by far my favorite season in weather!  Wherever they strike the US, Caribbean, Bahamas, Mexico, etc, I'll be there this season within reason of course.  I have a weird feeling I'll get into a couple landfalls this year, but we'll see?  I already took the worst (northern eyewall) of Tropical Storm Beryl in Amelia Island, FL.  According to Chris Landsea (NHC), TS Beryl was the strongest tropical or subtropical cyclone landfall on record in the U.S. prior to June 1st.  I personally never experienced hurricane conditions, but the winds gusted well into the 60's.  Pretty amazing for May!

Here is the plan for the coming week or two...

1)  Start to edit survivor video I shot this January from the 1935 "Labor Day" Hurricane which devastated parts of the Florida Keys.  The strongest hurricane to ever strike the US in recorded time.  Some of this video is beyond amazing and I feel incredibly lucky to have met these survivors!  Full story soon...

2)  Recap of my Tropical Storm Beryl chase and my trip to Texas with Mark Sudduth from hurricanetrack.com.  Worked on the NOAA Sentinel and successfully launched HURR-B.  I will continue to work with Mark this season, as we have lots of great projects planned...

3)  Really start getting into several historical hurricane books I have bought.  I'll provide a list of the books I plan on reading and eventually provide reviews for each book I read this season.  Should be informative and fun!

4)  Start to work on my new website, as I'm going to transition from a blog to a full website.  It will obviously take some work/time (not really sure what I'm doing?  lol), but I'll get it done as soon as possible...

5)  Did I mention this is my favorite season in weather?  Lol!  Like I said, it's GO TIME, as I'm ready to go full force into the tropics!

*Like I stated earlier in May, I'm not going to get into a seasonal forecast this year.  However, for fun, here are my numbers.  I do agree with the general consensus of lower overall numbers and higher impact.  Again, that won't be hard considering the last few years.  Pure statistics tell you that...

- 12 named storms
- 3 landfalling storms  (One already with TS Beryl)
- Watch for "homegrown" activity and rapid feedback before landfall