Tropical storms are popping fast and furious now. Meet the latest, Tropical Storm Emily, which is forecasted to head toward the southeast U.S. coastline. The storm’s expected track takes it to the sunny, cigarette butt-strewn beaches of Florida by Saturday, where perhaps it can put out a few swamp fires. Tropical storm warnings and [...]
NASA’s GRIP 2010 hurricane mission is in full force. During this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, researchers using powerful instruments onboard three aircraft will be able to “see” below the cloud-tops and uncover what is happening in the internal structure of a storm and what “kick-starts” a tropical depression into a hurricane. The NASA aircraft will [...]