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‘spider’. Also in this image, near the top edge, there are some ripples in the cloud which are atmospheric gravity waves. Credits: NASA (data), Met Office (image). October 2018: Satellite image of Hurricane Michael shortly after landfall in Florida 10 October 2018 On 10 October 2018 a Major Hurricane

, marking a return to more traditional autumnal weather. This rainfall – associated with the remnants ex-Hurricane Lee – will be heaviest and most persistent across parts of Wales and northwest England. Some surface-water and river flooding is possible in these areas, with a Yellow weather warning in force

Cyclone outlook: The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ended at the end of November. The latest forecast, issued 01 August 2023, suggested a more active than usual North Atlantic tropical storm seasonal in 2023 - 19 named storms predicted (1991-2020 long-term average – 14), 9 hurricanes (long-term

, and how these might be represented in lower resolution models. He now leads the High Resolution Global Climate Modelling group, which studies the effects of model resolution in the coupled atmosphere/ocean/sea-ice system. External recognition Co-lead of CMIP6 HighResMIP protocol Member of the US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 PRIMAVERA project

the fifthcostliest year for insured losses since 1980 1 . In the USA alone, there have already been 15 events with damages of at least US$ 1bn in 2017*, resulting in the deaths of 282 people. Loss estimates for hurricanes Maria, Irma and Harvey range from US$ 15bn to US$ 55bn each 2 . Are extremes

MapAction. Or even assisting deployed teams for the charity as they support the emergency response to hurricanes, earthquakes and humanitarian crises around the world. As Jo has found, these two parts of life aren’t as separate as they may seem. When disaster strikes, it’s essential that national

depressions (<34 knots) 3 (3) 5 (1) 1 (1) 0 (0) 9 (5) Tropical storms (34-63 knots) 7 (10) 9 (6) 7 (2) 3 (3) 26 (21) Hurricanes/typhoons (>63 knots) 19 (11) 17 (16) 4 (6) 2 (2) 42 (35) Total 29 (24) 31 (23) 12 (9) 5 (5) 77 (60) Categories assigned based on 1-minute averaged winds Basin name

. Dysgwch ragor yma: www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/ weather/tropical-cyclones/ hurricane https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ hazards/hurricanes/ https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/ hurricanes/index.html Tornado Weithiau fe'i gelwir yn drowynt. Mae tornado yn golofn o aer sy'n troi'n gyflym ac sy'n ymestyn o

depressions (<34 knots) 4 (7) 2 (3) 2 (1) 0 (0) 8 (11) Tropical storms (34-63 knots) 12 (12) 12 (10) 12 (7) 2 (4) 38 (33) Hurricanes/typhoons (>63 knots) 16 (16) 7 (13) 6 (8) 6 (4) 35 (41) Total 33 (35) 21 (26) 20 (16)  8 (8) 81 (85) Categories assigned based on 1-minute averaged winds Basin name

and academia to understand and predict climate variability and is particularly interested in North Atlantic climate variability of phenomena such as wind storms, hurricanes, and the predictability of the North Atlantic Ocean northward heat transport.   Career background Leon joined the Predictability