Tag: National Weather Service

The National Hurricane Center’s warning system

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It’s October 29th 2012, Superstorm Sandy is battering down on the Northeast Coast, 17 are left dead in the United States.  The National Hurricane Center had to strip the Hurricane Warnings that were in place due to Superstorm Sandy being a post-tropical cyclone and no longer maintaining the hurricane status.  In June of 2013 a newer version of the system was put in place, this new version of the system made sure that if there was to be another Sandy or extremely dangerous post tropical cyclone with winds sustained at warning criteria warnings would stay in place.  The new warning system created by the NHC could save lives, when there is a Hurricane Warning people tend to take it more seriously than no warning at all.  The Atlantic Basin is approaching it’s hurricane season, so Weather 360 would like to take the time now to make sure in the back of everyone’s mind they know to heed all advisories, watches, and weather warnings set out by the NHC or NWS.

 

 

Rain, Snow, or both?

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That is the question one may ask if they are currently in the Northeast US.  If you have not seen already, there is the chance for a wintry event to occur in the Northeast Friday Night into Saturday.  The Weather Channel is calling for mostly rain, while the National Weather Service is calling for snow transitioning to a wintry mix. See the difference? That forecast was for in and around New York City. Weather 360 has to agree with the National Weather Service this time, but we will keep you posted on where this storm will go next.

About that forecasted few inches…

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Well, reports from I 95 northbound and southbound in and around the Connecticut coast have shown that a few more than “a few inches” has already fallen.  The NOAA has updated their storm totals amount about eight hours after the storm. The NOAA started to say that now Long Island and coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island will now receive as much as eight inches of snow in what was the two to three inch range for the time before the storm and into the storm about eight hours then Winter Storm Warnings were issued for parts of coastal Connecticut and all of Long Island.  This winter has really proven to the public to prepare for the absolute worst and hope for the best (in the Northeast it has really mainly been the worst this winter.)

For winter safety tips go to http://www.ready.gov/winter-weather.

Wintry mess coats the Southern United States

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Updated: February 25th 2015 (other pages will update at different times.)

Wintry mess dumps snow, rain, and ice in the Southeast US

Several inches of snow and a coating of ice mixing along with rain has impacted the Southeastern US with dangerous driving conditions and some power outages. Although anyone in Boston or Anticosti may think that is nothing with plenty of snow on the ground and more coming during this very wintry winter, the Southeastern United States is not as well accustomed to such wintry weather so much like the National Weather Service and others, Weather 360 urges people to stay safe while on the roads due to current weather conditions.

Go to http://www.ready.gov/winter-weather to see how to be prepared for any winter storm or cold that comes your way! (Although this website is set out by the United States Government it has good advice on winter weather safety for everyone.)

Have you just experienced an earthquake? Are you living on or near the coast? For emergency information on earthquakes and tsunamis please refer to http://www.tsunami.gov and http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov.