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October Activity: 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Historically the period from late September through mid October has marked the peak of the annual Atlantic hurricane season, but so far this year October has been somewhat of a flop in terms of tropical cyclone generation. It is now … Continue reading

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Tropical Storm IRENE: Here we Go Florida!

Now that Tropical Storm IRENE, the ninth-named tropical cyclone of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, has generated in the extreme eastern Caribbean the data-crunching by the prediction models is is busy following the path of the storm trying to determine … Continue reading

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