08/16/25 Tropical Update – Erin now a Hurricane; Pacific stays quiet

Hello everyone, and thanks for checking out my final tropical update here at NickelBlock! Erin is now considered a Category 1 hurricane as of yesterday, and is forecasted to strengthen. As far as land impacts,…

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08/13/25 Tropical Update – Watching Tropical Storm Erin

Hello again! Whether you have seen our tropical updates in the past few days or not, you have probably heard news of Tropical Storm Erin making its way across the Atlantic. There are also two…

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07/18/25 Tropical Outlook – Deluge Continues for Louisiana; Atlantic May Awaken Soon

The center of Invest 93L is over Louisiana, moving north. It is dropping torrents of rain over the state. A radar estimate indicates the town of Belle River in Acadiana has received 11 inches of…

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07/11/25 Tropical Outlook – For Once, Quiet

There are currently no areas of interest in either the Atlantic Ocean or West Pacific Ocean for the next 7 days. A layer of solid wind shear will finally put the “hurricane factory” south and…

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06/06/25 Tropical Forecast – Double Trouble in the Pacific

The East Pacific is shaping up to be a tropical storm factory early in the season. There are two distinct areas where development is possible, one is a system southwest of Mexico that could get…

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6/5/24 – Tropical Outlook: Still Calm

Everything is still looking calm out in both the Atlantic and East Pacific at the start of this Hurricane Season. An upper-level weather system in the western Caribbean Sea will continue to bring significant rain…

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What you need to know about Hurricane Irma: A Hype-free, objective look at the storm

Not the sexiest title in the world, is it? It may not get as many clicks as “MAJOR HURRICANE EYES GULF STATE” or “CATEGORY FIVE STORM EXPECTED IN NEW ORLEANS” or “ERMIGHERD!! ITS KERMIN THIS…

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