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Meteorology Matters delivers clear, data-driven insight into weather, hurricanes, and climate science cutting through hype to explain what’s happening and why it matters.Created by Meteorologist Rob Jones, the podcast explores:Extreme weather and hurricane forecastingClimate…
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September 2026 Nor’easter: Could This Become a Sandy-Like Storm? (opens the original)
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A powerful early-season nor’easter is developing off the U.S. East Coast, with the Northeast facing an extended period of coastal flooding, high surf, strong winds and heavy rain from Friday through the weekend. In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we take an inside look at what is actually happening with this unusual September coastal storm and why its evolution deserves close attention. We examine the latest forecast guidance from the major numerical weather models, ensemble guidance and Go
50 to 180 MPH: Hurricane Polo’s Explosive Rise to Category 5 (opens the original)
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Hurricane Polo delivered one of the most extraordinary rapid-intensification episodes of the 2026 Eastern Pacific hurricane season — exploding from a 50-mph tropical storm into a Category 5 hurricane, then reaching an astonishing 180 mph with a central pressure of 892 millibars according to NOAA Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance. In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we examine how Polo intensified so violently in such a short period of time. What happens when exceptionally warm ocean water, dee
The Great Miami Hurricane at 100: The Storm, the Warnings and “Work or Jail” (opens the original)
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One hundred years ago, on September 18, 1926, the Great Miami Hurricane struck a booming, vulnerable South Florida and permanently changed the region’s history. Meteorology Matters reconstructs the storm, the uncertain forecasts and the public confusion surrounding its arrival—including the tropical system that had brought flooding only days earlier and the newspaper headlines that finally warned South Florida a hurricane might be approaching. But this anniversary is about more than wind, water
Where Are the Atlantic Hurricanes? El Niño 2026, Record Heat & Possible Mediterranean Cyclone (opens the original)
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The Atlantic hurricane season has passed its climatological peak without producing a single hurricane an extraordinary modern-era record occurring while much of the planet and its oceans remain exceptionally warm. In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we examine how a rapidly strengthening El Niño is reorganizing tropical weather around the world: suppressing Atlantic development, helping fuel an unusually active Pacific, and setting the stage for major changes as we move toward winter. We als
The Weather of 9/11: Hurricane Erin, the Smoke Plume and an Empty Sky — 25 Years Later (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, Meteorology Matters looks back at the extraordinary weather story unfolding alongside one of the darkest days in American history. That morning, New York City sat beneath an unusually clear post-frontal sky while Hurricane Erin churned hundreds of miles offshore. After the World Trade Center attacks, satellite imagery captured something remarkable: the enormous circulation of Erin over the Atlantic and the smoke and dust plume streaming away from lower
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