More Earl

Hurricane Earl brought lots of wind and rain to the parts of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The storm's track will take it up the U.S coast. While it is forecasted to remain offshore, some uncertainty is still in the track. Parts of the Outer Banks of North Carolina will want to keep an eye on this in the next couple of days, as well as parts fo the northeastern U.S.

It's Name is Earl

Oh, come on! I won't be the last to use that pun. I'm probably not even the first.

Anyway, I'm sure that you've heard that Hurricane Earl is being a little worrisome for the northeastern U.S. Well, I'll definitely be watching the system, both here and especially at my website. It's not time to buy bottled water yet.

Climate science for smartasses

I might be in the minority, but I firmly believe that understanding of a complex science like climatology and climate change in general is best told with plenty of snark.

H/T to mt.

Waterspout

Check it.

Waterspouts can be thought of as weak, water-based tornados, though that isn't technically true in every case. They usually don't pack much of a punch, with winds that barely reach F0 status on the Fujita scale. Some, if they are in supercells, can be stronger, but these are more rare.