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Michael Lowry
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Hurricane Specialist & Storm Surge Expert @WPLGLocal10 Miami. Alum @NWSNHC, @FEMA, @weatherchannel, @UCAR_CPAESS, @DeptofDefense, @FLSERT. Posts my own.
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    Michael Lowry
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    Jun 1
    The daily tropical newsletter is back for its 5th hurricane season. I distribute this to subscribers each weekday morning and on weekends when conditions warrant. Today it's all about how the potentially historic El Niño could shape the season. ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/michaelrlo…
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    Michael Lowry
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    Oct 9, 2024
    Beautiful tribute from @NOAA_HurrHunter who earlier this evening honored longtime radar scientist and researcher Peter Dodge who passed away in March 2023. His ashes were dropped in the eye of Category 5 Milton tonight – PETER DODGE HX SCI (1950-2023) 387TH PENNY
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    Michael Lowry
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    Sep 28, 2022
    I'm not sure how many truly grasp what just happened tonight with Hurricane #Ian. It went through a full eyewall replacement cycle, hardly blinked, grew by 50% (as measured by its RMW), and delivered the 3rd highest storm surge since 1913 to Key West in the process. Just wow.
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    Michael Lowry
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    Oct 29, 2025
    A lot of jaw-dropping satellite loops of Melissa the past day or two, but this one might take top prize. If Dakota hadn't posted this, I might have called AI shenanigans. Surreal.
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    Dakota Smith
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    Oct 29, 2025
    Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
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    Michael Lowry
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    Jun 26, 2025
    A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by @DeptofDefense and @NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from 3 weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/critical-hur…
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    Michael Lowry
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    Sep 5, 2017
    Category 5 Hurricane #Irma closing in on the Leeward Islands with sustained 185 mph winds. Catastrophic damage expected along its path.
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    Michael Lowry
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    Jun 30, 2025
    We knew this day could come but here we are. The 2026 proposed @NOAA budget shutters all world-class federally funded meteorological, oceanographic, and climate labs in America. Included is @HRD_AOML_NOAA, a fixture for over 50 years in Miami. Hundreds of top scientists tossed.
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    Michael Lowry
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    Jul 23, 2025
    It's disappointing major weather media groups that exist off NOAA/NWS data have been deafeningly silent about federal staffing hits and proposed cuts to NOAA. No letters of support. No news reporting on their detrimental effects to forecasting. Just glaring editorial omission. 🧵
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    Michael Lowry
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    May 22, 2024
    The Atlantic Ocean has a lot to say right now. And none of it is particularly good. My take on the deep Atlantic heat – which blows May 2005 out of the water – how it could impact hurricane season, and how it's affecting us today via @CC_Yale
    What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic » Yale Climate Connections
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    Michael Lowry
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    Aug 22, 2018
    A rare and sobering sight tonight in the Central Pacific, as Hurricane #Lane becomes only the 6th recorded Category 5 hurricane in this part of the Pacific, and the nearest to #Hawaii a Cat 5 hurricane has ever been observed. #hiwx
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    Michael Lowry
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    Jun 15, 2023
    We can squabble over what's behind the rapid Atlantic warming, but it's truly extraordinary to see waters in the Main Development Region of the tropics as warm in June as they typically are the first week of *September*. An undeniably big player this hurricane season.
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    Michael Lowry
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    Sep 8, 2023
    Hurricane #Lee is in elite company tonight. Fewer than 1% of all tropical cyclone "fixes" ever attain Category 5 strength. Lee is the farthest southeast we've ever observed a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since records began 172 years ago. Lorenzo (2019) the farthest east.
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    Michael Lowry
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    Sep 25, 2024
    Only four named storms this century have been as large over the Gulf of Mexico (measured by the extent of tropical storm winds) as Helene is forecast to become by tomorrow: Irma (2017) Ike (2008) Ivan (2004) Isidore (2002)
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    Michael Lowry
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    Sep 2, 2019
    I know others have tweeted something similar, but to see a catastophic Category 5 hurricane closing in our 3rd most populous state is wildly unnerving. #Dorian is already a disaster for so many tonight. Please, please heed the warnings of local officials in the hours ahead.
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