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Dolphin

Every dispatch filed on Dolphin, in order, so you can watch the call sharpen from first mention to the last word.

5Dispatches
6Days · JUL 27–AUG 1
I-26Tropics
Where the dispatches were filed3 of 5 placed
Map of North America and the Atlantic with a shield at each dispatch's place Natural Earth · places from the headlines
Atlantic tropics very quiet into mid-August but Pacific is full tilt El Niño with Fausto, Genevieve, and soon monster Super Typhoon Dolphin LOOP JUL 27 · I-34 EL NIÑO Atlantic tropics very quiet into mid-August but Pacific is full tilt El Niño with Fausto, Genevieve, and soon monster Super Typhoon Dolphin Typhoon Dolphin is well on its way to Super status. Genevieve in Eastern Pacific holding onto Category 4. Atlantic basin remains dead quiet until further notice LOOP JUL 28 · I-26 TROPICS Typhoon Dolphin is well on its way to Super status. Genevieve in Eastern Pacific holding onto Category 4. Atlantic basin remains dead quiet until further notice After eyewall replacement cycle, the powerful Western Pacific typhoon will become a buzzsaw at Category 5 FIGURE 1 JUL 29 · I-26 TROPICS After eyewall replacement cycle, the powerful Western Pacific typhoon will become a buzzsaw at Category 5 Super Typhoon Dolphin with multiple eyewall replacement cycles. Tropical Atlantic about to be blanketed in Saharan Air Layer and dust to end July, but may perk up into August 10th FIGURE 1 JUL 30 · I-26 TROPICS Super Typhoon Dolphin with multiple eyewall replacement cycles. Tropical Atlantic about to be blanketed in Saharan Air Layer and dust to end July, but may perk up into August 10th
The route · every exit
  1. Exit 1 · JUL 27 Atlantic tropics very quiet into mid-August but Pacific is full tilt El Niño with Fausto, Genevieve, and soon monster Super Typhoon Dolphin Equatorial Pacific
  2. Exit 2 · JUL 28 Typhoon Dolphin is well on its way to Super status. Genevieve in Eastern Pacific holding onto Category 4. Atlantic basin remains dead quiet until further notice Eastern Pacific
  3. Exit 3 · JUL 29 After eyewall replacement cycle, the powerful Western Pacific typhoon will become a buzzsaw at Category 5 Western Pacific
  4. Exit 4 · JUL 30 Super Typhoon Dolphin with multiple eyewall replacement cycles. Tropical Atlantic about to be blanketed in Saharan Air Layer and dust to end July, but may perk up into August 10th Atlantic Main Development Region
  5. Exit 5 · AUG 1 · Subscribers Typhoon Dolphin still a week away from potential China impacts. The rest of the tropics are in an early August slumber for the upcoming week but some hints of action in MDR by mid-month South China
END Final dispatch AUG 1.

Why I-26?

Tropical stories ride Interstate 26, after the 26 °C sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development.

26 °C

The sea-surface temperature often used as a rough threshold for tropical development; the shield number of this road.

Invest

An area the Hurricane Center is investigating, numbered 90–99 with a basin letter, before it has a name.

ACE

Accumulated Cyclone Energy: a season's wind, squared and summed every six hours. Climatology sets the scale.