Tropical Storm Paloma has formed and is strengthening off the east coast of Hondouras. The Atlantic hurricane season runs through the end of November, which means having a named storm this late in the year isn't atypical. We usually have one or two named tropical storms during November. Paloma could get as strong as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane as it approaches the Cayman Islands and Cuba. A large trough across the continental United States will act as a bumper and keep this storm from making landfall on our country. The graphic to the left illustrates the paths that many of our computer models believe Paloma will take.
The comic is a little lighthearted humor to help get you through this gray day. Don't worry, Justin and I didn't have to do this at Iowa State. As for Eric, who knows what rigors NIU puts its students through. -ADAM
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Speak for yourself, Adam! I was at a meteorology conference in San Antonio a couple Januarys ago and hopped into the NOAA hurricane tube (about the size of a phone booth). The wind speed got up to about 78mph ... and my hair didn't budge at all! Perhaps I should start doing hair gel commercials...
Maybe I'll be nice and put the photo on the blog sometime.
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