1. Tropical Cyclones

2. Today! – Tropical Depression Edouard Heading to Texas http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/03/ tropical.weather/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

3. Tropical Cyclone Structure

5. Tropical Waves and the ITCZ

6. Tropical Storm Origins

12. Then Came 2005 Busiest Atlantic Hurricane season ever. 28 named storms. Ran out of the alphabet. Season persisted to January 6, 2006 with tropical storm Zeta. Most hurricanes (15) & most category 5 (4). Most intense tropical cyclone ever – Wilma. 882 mb atm. Pressure, 185 mph winds. At least 2,280 deaths and record damages of over $100 billion.

13. 2005

14. Wind Speed vs. Atmospheric Pressure

15. Eye Wall Velocities in Cross Section Georges vs. Mitch

16. Hurricane Floyd Winds

17. Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Hurricane Carol

18. Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge Storm surge on shallow water coastline Storm surge on deep water coastline

19. Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge From a Category Four Event in Eastern Suffolk County

20. Hurricane Floyd

22. Serious flooding from North Carolina through New Jersey.

23. Hurricane Katrina

28. http://www.nasa.gov/mpg/126449main_katrina_fred_animation.mpg

29. Hurricane Katrina This is an image of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 5:30 PM EDT (21:33 UTC) as seen by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite's PR (Precipitation Radar), VIRS (Visible Infrared Scanner), TMI (Tropical Microwave Imager) and the GOES spacecraft. TRMM looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. NASA

30. Hurricane Katrina

31. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/new-orleans_katrina-comp03.htm

32. Hurricane Katrina

33. 06 June 2005: In fiscal year 2006, the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bracing for a record $71.2 million reduction in federal funding. It would be the largest single-year funding loss ever for the New Orleans district, Corps officials said. I've been here over 30 years and I've never seen this level of reduction, said Al Naomi, project manager for the New Orleans district... The cuts mean major hurricane and flood protection projects will not be awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study to determine ways to protect the region from a Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now. From: http://www.legitgov.org/http://www.legitgov.org/

34. Hurricane Rita