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Active Weather for the West, Warming in the East

The potential for heavy snow at higher elevations in the western U.S. will continue for many spots through the weekend. In the meantime, the eastern half of the continental U.S. will transition to above normal temperatures ahead of a pair of cold fronts next week that will bring readings back to closer to normal as we approach Thanksgiving Day. Read More >

82nd Anniversary - September 21, 1938

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References

Blake, E. S., and E. J. Gibney, 2011: The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones from 1851 to 2010(and other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) 50 pp. [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ms-word/nws-nhc-6.doc].

 

Brickner, R. K., 1988: The Long Island Express: Tracking the Hurricane of 1938, Hodgins Printing Co., Inc, 125 pp. Emanuel, K, 2005: Divine Wind, Oxford University Press, 285 pp.

 

Francis, A. A., 1998: Remembering the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. The Salem Evening News, pp. unknown.

 

Grossi, P, 2008: The 1938 Great New England Hurricane Looking to the Past to Understand Today’s Risk. 23 pp. [https://support.rms.com/.../1938_Great_New_England_Hurricane.pdf]

 

Hendrickson, R. G., 1996: Winds of the Fish's Tail, Amereon Ltd, 151 pp.

 

Landsea, C. W., and coauthors, 2013: A Reanalysis of the 1931 to 1943 Atlantic Hurricane Database. Submitted to J. Climate.

 

Mandia, S. A., 2013: The Long Island Express: The Great Hurricane of 1938. [https://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/].

 

National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Research Division Re-Analysis Project, Documentation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Changes in HURDAT. [https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/metadata_1938.html#1938_6].

 

Pierce, C. H., 1939: The Meteorological History of the New England Hurricane of Sept. 21, 1938. Mon. Wea. Rev., 67, 237–285.

 

The Long Island Express Hurricane: September 1938. [https://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/longislandexpress1938.html]

 

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