"Jeff Masters, Ph.D., worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990. After a near-fatal flight into category 5 Hurricane Hugo, he left the Hurricane Hunters to pursue a safer passion - earning a 1997 Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he co-founded the Weather Underground, and served as its chief meteorologist and on its Board of Directors until it was sold to the Weather Company in 2012. Between 2005-2019, his Category 6 blog was one of the Internet's most popular and widely quoted sources of extreme weather and climate change information."
"Bob Henson is a meteorologist and journalist based in Boulder, Colorado. He has written on weather and climate for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Weather Underground, and many freelance venues. Bob is the author of "The Thinking Person's Guide to Climate Change" and of "The Rough Guide to Climate Change," a forerunner to it. He is also author of "Weather on the Air: A History of Broadcast Meteorology", and coauthor of the introductory textbook "Meteorology Today". For five years, he co-produced the Category 6 news site for Weather Underground. His interests include photography, bicycling, urban design, renewable energy, and popular culture. A native of Oklahoma City, he earned a bachelor's degree in meteorology and psychology from Rice University and a master's degree in journalism, with a focus on meteorology, from the University of Oklahoma."
"Irene Sans is an Emmy-winning double-certified meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society (AMS, CBM, CDM) with almost 20 years of experience covering severe weather and climate stories across the U.S. and Latin America. A bilingual communicator and digital media leader, she has delivered forecasts and science content for TV, radio, social media, and major weather platforms, including Weather & Radar, ABC-WFTV, Telemundo, The Weather Company, and other media and private companies. Known for making complex meteorological and climate information accessible to broad audiences, she has reported extensively on severe storms, hurricanes, and high-impact weather events. Irene has also served as deputy state meteorologist for Florida and consulted internationally on tropical forecasting and climate communications. She leads the Spanish version of the Weather & Radar app (Tiempo & Radar) and freelances for Florida public radio, nonprofits, and Telemundo 51 in Miami, Florida."
From the blog's about page: "This website is dedicated to covering tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. The Eyewall was founded in June 2023 by Matt Lanza and Eric Berger, who work together on the Houston-based forecasting site Space City Weather."
"Our purpose is to extend our no-hype approach to forecasting weather to hurricanes across the entire Atlantic basin so that residents and business owners at risk for storms can have access to quality forecasts and make informed decisions about protecting their families, property, and businesses."
"Inside the Eye" blog from NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC)
From the blog author: "Why have we launched a blog? The staff at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) regularly conducts training and educational workshops during the off season for specific audience groups, including emergency managers and other meteorologists. However, despite our heavy emphasis on outreach, there is always a large segment of the population that does not have the opportunity to hear from us in person on important changes to NHC products or discuss topics related to tropical and marine weather events. Therefore, we've launched this blog to be able to keep you, our partners and customers, more informed on a consistent and timely basis."
Their blog also has a page about who the NHC is here.
Hurricane Specialist Unit Operations (@NHC_Atlantic):
"Brief summaries of tropical Atlantic activity tailored to the general public, coastal residents, and weather enthusiasts. I have been sending out these updates since 1996, and appreciate everyone's continued interest!" "Author: Brian McNoldy, Senior Research Associate at University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science"
From the blog's about page: "The intent of this blog is to showcase examples of meteorological satellite imagery and products that are available to (or created by) scientists and researchers at NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), located at the University of Wisconsin - Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC). Interesting and/or educational satellite images that are relevant to current (or recent) weather events will be shown and discussed; if no significant or newsworthy weather events are happening elsewhere in the US (or the world), we will usually focus on satellite imagery over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions."
Yale Climate Connections:
