Are the tropics as quiet as they seem? | Tracking the Tropics
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Why do the hosts say the tropics seem quiet right now?
Hey folks, welcome to the W Filet Stream Center. Are the tropics as quiet as they seem right now?
We're breaking it all down right here on tracking the tropics live from our hurricane headquarters with real time analysis from some of the nation's top meteorologists. This is tracking the tropics powered by Bose generators.
And thanks for joining us. Here's a big picture look at our favorite thing to look at, those pretty colors on satellite and radar. Tracking the tropics this week, we're kind of getting the season going, slowly but surely.
We've already had our first name system, Arthur, and it's come and gone, but things are quiet seemingly in the tropics right now, but are they as quiet as they actually seem, Julianna?
That's always the question. Yes. And I'm just going to hop right to it, honestly. We'll take a big picture look at everything. I do actually want to talk as well a moment about Arthur. So I'm going to head over to the wall and kind of start off with a little overview of what Arthur was. We good with my mic, Garrett? Great. Awesome. So jumping right into it, Arthur was a very short-lived storm, tropical storm. Arthur, what, last week or so? Let's see if I can. Oh, there we go. I've got the wrong button here. Let's try this one. Yes, maybe OK. Justin, if you wouldn't mind pressing the spacebar for me, there we go. So Arthur dumped over two feet of rain across portions of the Southeast United States. So there is a look at the seven day rainfall accumulations.
A very impactful storm, although it was a fairly weak storm, there were confirmed 50 mile per hour winds with tropical storm Arthur. But here's a look at the rain sweeping across all the way from southern Texas over into New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi, having been slammed specifically portions of Louisiana at about 28 inches. of rainfall absolutely to say the least a very impactful storm and there's always the question marks around something like tropical storm Arthur so here's a look at the track over that was that potential tropical system really kind of jumped then from potential tropical cyclone to a brief tropical storm and when I say brief we mean 12 hours it was quite literally a tropical storm for roughly 12 hours as it worked its way into the southeast coastline of Texas
Now, the question mark that comes up from time to time is, well, is that really worth naming? It never really had a very organized core to it and that organized circulation, that kind of textbook look to a tropical system. But yes, in this case, this was very much worth naming because of the impacts of rainfall, the flooding that resulted from over two feet of rain. as well as even those 58 mile per hour wind speeds. So that was a I'd say fairly good start.
What happened with Tropical Storm Arthur and why was it named?
All things considered to the tropics season to the Atlantic hurricane season. But here's a look at the big picture of things right now where no additional tropical developments are expected for the next seven days. So keeping things quiet seemingly for now. And overall, I say seemingly because as always, we're watching for these tropical waves that propagate the wave train across the Atlantic Basin and across the main development region. So these are tropical waves. These are areas of lower pressure that work their way from east to west across the Atlantic Basin. And these are what originate or are the origin for what can become tropical systems. So not all tropical waves become tropical systems or hurricanes,
tropical storms or hurricanes can be traced back to tropical waves so there's a handful of them out there right now though none of them really posing a threat which is a big part of the reason why the expectation is that nothing's going to develop for the meantime part of the reason for that is sahara dust so we've got kind of our first really thick batch of sahara dust working its way east to west actually likely to see some of that here sweep across the bahamas up into cuba and maybe even here in florida over the next coming days But then also tracking elevated wind shear, a good amount of wind shear across the main development region and across the open Atlantic.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why do the hosts say the tropics seem quiet right now?
0:03–2:57
2
What happened with Tropical Storm Arthur and why was it named?
2:57–6:50
3
Why are no new tropical systems expected in the next seven days?
6:50–9:07
4
How does Saharan dust affect Atlantic storm development?
9:07–11:49
5
What impact does the current El Niño have on the Atlantic season?
11:49–15:36
6
How are hurricane names chosen and when are they retired?
15:36–18:10
7
What preparation steps should residents take during a quiet start?
18:10–21:46
8
Can early‑season storms help relieve the ongoing drought?
21:46–25:47
Speakers
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