hurricane season - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/hurricane-season/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:17:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 hurricane season - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/hurricane-season/ 32 32 103504436 On Eve of Hurricane Season, NOAA, NWS, NHC, FEMA Struggle with Cuts https://houstonnewmedia.org/on-eve-of-hurricane-season-noaa-nws-nhc-fema-struggle-with-cuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-eve-of-hurricane-season-noaa-nws-nhc-fema-struggle-with-cuts Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:17:49 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=51443 5/31/25 – The 2025 Hurricane Season starts tomorrow, 6/1/25. But ironically, despite predictions of an above-average season, the federal agencies that help forecast hurricanes, issue warnings, and provide disaster relief are struggling with significant funding, staff and program cuts. Poignant Letter in New York Times Michael Lowry, who served as a senior scientist at the […]

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]]> 960695 Does Wet Spring Portend Intense Hurricane Season? https://houstonnewmedia.org/does-wet-spring-portend-intense-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-wet-spring-portend-intense-hurricane-season Sun, 12 May 2024 18:41:24 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=44952 Does a wetter-than-normal spring say anything about Houston’s chances for a busier-than-normal hurricane season? According to Jeff Linder, Harris County’s meteorologist, the two correlate poorly. In the process of exploring that, I discovered some surprising facts about the intensity and seasonality of rainfall in the region. So Far, Not So Much Wetter than Normal “Harris […]

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]]> 768074 Hurricane Season Above Average So Far https://houstonnewmedia.org/hurricane-season-above-average-so-far/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurricane-season-above-average-so-far Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:32:13 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39989 NOAA’s National Hurricane Center issues a monthly Atlantic Tropical Weather Summary during hurricane season. For June 2023, it shows above normal tropical cyclone activity and and above normal accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) for the North Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. #4 for Year and Counting Three named tropical storms (Arlene, Bret, and Cindy) formed […]

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]]> 624293 NHC Predicts Near Normal Hurricane Season https://houstonnewmedia.org/nhc-predicts-near-normal-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nhc-predicts-near-normal-hurricane-season Tue, 30 May 2023 17:00:15 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39550 Hurricane season starts this week. Offsetting factors, some of which would call for an above-normal hurricane season and others of which would call for a below-normal season, led forecasters at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center to split the difference in their seasonal outlook. They are giving almost equal probabilities to average, above-average, and below-average seasons. […]

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]]> 605933 Hurricane Season Ends! https://houstonnewmedia.org/hurricane-season-ends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurricane-season-ends Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:06:48 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36665 Hurricane season officially ended yesterday, November 30. 2022 turned out to be an average season, not the above-normal season that was predicted. No storms affected Houston. But Category 4 Ian slammed the West Coast of Florida, killing at least 144 people. Four U.S. Landfalls The 2022 season saw four hurricane landfalls in the U.S.: Unusual […]

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]]> 483542 Hurricane Season Starts Today, Plan Now https://houstonnewmedia.org/hurricane-season-starts-today-plan-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurricane-season-starts-today-plan-now Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:26:15 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32948 The 2022 Hurricane Season begins today – June 1. And as if on cue, the National Hurricane Center has already highlighted two areas to monitor. Neither storm will threaten the Houston area. But this should serve as a wake up call. If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to prepare your family […]

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]]> 340219 Preparation Checklists for Hurricane Season https://houstonnewmedia.org/preparation-checklists-for-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparation-checklists-for-hurricane-season Sun, 30 May 2021 17:48:05 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=26345 It’s that time of year again. Hurricane season officially starts Tuesday and runs through November 30. Here are checklists that can help you prepare for and recover from hurricanes. Hurricanes can strike anywhere, anytime. The time to prepare is not when one is bearing down on you. It’s now. When you have time. Supplies are […]

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]]> 131175 Could This Be the Start of Hurricane Season? https://houstonnewmedia.org/could-this-be-the-start-of-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=could-this-be-the-start-of-hurricane-season Fri, 21 May 2021 00:36:47 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=26140 After four days of heavy rains, today looked like a respite. This morning’s predictions mentioned another inch or two on Friday and Saturday. But then this the National Hurricane Center posted this within the last few minutes: a warning about what could turn into the season’s first tropical depression. And hurricane season doesn’t officially start […]

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]]> 129312 Another Above-Average Hurricane Season Predicted https://houstonnewmedia.org/another-above-average-hurricane-season-predicted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=another-above-average-hurricane-season-predicted Sat, 03 Apr 2021 20:00:24 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25032 This is the time of year when meteorologists start predicting how many hurricanes we will experience in the Atlantic Basin. Frank Billingsley at Click2Houston.com issued his prediction for an above-average hurricane season Friday. He also predicts that other meteorologists will predict the same. Here’s why. Official Averages Out of Date The official window used to […]

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