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Hurricane Education and Outreach in the Big Bend Region

Hurricane Education and Outreach in the Big Bend Region. North Florida Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. Jessica Fieux Clark Evans June 16, 2006. Who We Are and What We Do.

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Hurricane Education and Outreach in the Big Bend Region

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  1. Hurricane Education and Outreach in the Big Bend Region North Florida Chapter of the American Meteorological Society Jessica Fieux Clark Evans June 16, 2006

  2. Who We Are and What We Do • We are a group of meteorology students, faculty, professionals, and community members at-large who are interested in the weather! • We perform educational and community outreach within the Big Bend region, designed to teach people of all ages about hurricanes, preparedness, and the weather in general. • We are here today to talk to you all about our role in passing along knowledge about hurricanes to the general public and meteorologists – essentially, helping you understand what hurricanes do andwhy they do those things!

  3. A Why is Hurricane Knowledge Important? (courtesy NOAA Coastal Data Center) Since 1851, 51 – nay, 52 – storms have passed within 50 miles of Perry! WHY they do so and WHAT they bring with them are very important to understand for understanding hurricanes and their impacts!

  4. Three Major Impacts… • Winds (Hurricane Kate, 1985) • Image from State of Florida/Capital Area Red Cross Website;Tharpe St. in Tallahassee • Most people tend to underestimatestrong winds & their effects! • Rainfall (T.S. Allison, 2001) • Over 10” of rain across N. Floridaand S. Georgia in a 24-hr span • Generally slow moving storms • Waves & Storm Surge(Hurricane Dennis, 2005) • Covered by the Natl. WeatherService in their talk earlier • Unique coastline configurationhere can lead to high surge, evenfrom storms far away! (courtesy SE Regional Climate Center)

  5. A Why did Alberto head this way? Initially, Alberto was very weak and did not reach very far up in the atmosphere; thus, it was steered by the winds near the surface. When it strengthened, it was able to “feel” winds higher up, where planes fly, pushing it northeast. It also kept trying to “move” with its rainfall, which was being pushed away to the northeast as well. (image courtesy U. Texas)

  6. Why did Alberto bring what it did here? A Winds high in the atmosphere caused it to be lopsided, meaning everything was found east of the center. But, flow out of the south on this east side brought in a lot of moisture from the Caribbean, leading to a lot of rainfall. As Alberto’s winds increased and it headed this way, water piled up in Apalachee Bay. Combining with high tide early Tuesday, a fairly substantial storm surge was realized.

  7. Any questions?Thank you! (image: Alberto while developing, Saturday, June 10th at 4pm ET) Visit us on the web!http://www.northflams.org/ jfieux@met.fsu.edu // acevans@met.fsu.edu

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