Tag: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

By Sorin Adam MateiPublished August 29, 2011Updated June 23, 2016

Was hurricane Irene over hyped? Compare actual and forecast tracking paths to see how accurate was the NOAA National Hurricane Center forecast (map, kmz)

Irene might’ve not destroyed the Manhattan skyscrapers with over 100 mph winds and 10 foot high tide surges, as some Godzilla-meets-King Kong extreme weather scenario aficionados dreamed, but it did do a lot of damage in the coastal areas of many seabord…

By Sorin Adam MateiPublished August 26, 2011

Could hurricane Irene surge flood lower Manhattan, Midtown East, Upper East Side, Battery Park, the shipyard, and Ground Zero (World Trade Center) areas? (map, kmz)

UPDATE: NYC Evacuation and Hurricane Irene Possible Landfall Map NOAA predicts that even if it remains an intensity 1 or 2, hurricane Irene might flood a good part of lower Manhattan, including Battery Park and Ground Zero (World Trade Center). The later,…

By Sorin Adam MateiPublished June 2, 2011Updated June 16, 2011

Joplin tornado Declared EF-5 event or “devastating”. See tornado Path map in KMZ

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared the May 22 tornado that scythed a path through Joplin, MO “devastating” assigning it the maximum level of intensity EF-5. It is the deadliest since 1950, when modern record keeping started, and 8th in recorded…