Regardless of which side of the global warming debate you fall on, we can all agree on one thing: Mother Nature is truly unpredictable. The recent formation of Tropical Storm Barry that can traces its origins to the Plains is proof that storm dynamics are evolving to an unprecedented point.
Last week, a cluster of thunderstorms formed in an area of low pressure near Kansas City in a brief moment of time that created a Goldilocks scenario for the perfect conditions for a truly fascinating weather anomaly. Almost every storm that threatens the eastern United States began as either a disturbance in the gulf and Caribbean or as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa.
As the thunderstorm progressed to the southeast, warm, muggy air kept the system afloat, so it could reach the gulf where it strengthened to Tropical Storm Barry From there, meteorologists forecast the storm to reach hurricane status and moving inward before dissipating in the Midwest, where it began its journey nearly two weeks prior. Barry is truly a bizarre storm, as you can tell by its projected path. While it began its inconspicuous march to the sea, the National Weather System marked the storm for tropical potential while it was still over Tennessee! Yikes.
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Tropical Storm Barry has weather forecasters stumped. What could cause this system to go through so many life cycles? Unprecedented warm weather this summer could be to blame and it’s too early to suggest climate change is afoot although our gut instinct would suggest global warming contributing to bizarre weather patterns.
Barry’s circular mindset isn’t entirely unheard of in the realm of hurricanes. After battering the Carolinas and showing signs of completely dissolving, remnants of Hurricane Florence showed signs of reentering the Atlantic and reforming as Hurricane Kirk. Fortunately, Florence’s identity crisis didn’t pan out, but it goes to show that weather systems are proving harder to predict.
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