Hurricane Dorian ate some dry air overnight and that limited the amount of intensification. As the storm continues to drift NW it will eventually find an area of reduced shear and higher humidity and intensification…
Tag: Florida Weather
Hype-free look at Gulf Coast tropical activity for next week
Well, that didn’t take long did it? After a handful of models starting to come into agreement that something may develop off the east coast or in the Gulf, the scare-tactic posts have begun. In…
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Wx Info: Why tornado strength is tough to predict along the Gulf Coast
I received a great question from a viewer on facebook the other day about the forecast. The viewer asked if the Storm Prediction Center underestimated the severe weather threat on Sunday, given the multiple tornado…
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Remember that “Arctic Blast” people were posting about? Buckle up
Prepare to be disappointed, Winter Lovers. For south Mississippi, it is just as I expected: Not as cold as others suggested. Click-baiters strike again Usually, this is when I harp on those “Super Storm Chasers…
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Gulf Coast Weekly Forecast Outlook (9/25/17)
Current Conditions Currently acros the sotuheast temperatures are in the 60s and 70s from eastern Texas all the way to the Florida panhandle. with mostly clear conditions across a majority of the southeast – except…
Hurricane Matthew: Latest from the National Hurricane Center
Here are some snippets from the 11AM advisory from the National Hurricane Center: At 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Matthew was located in the Gulf of Gonave near latitude 18.9 North,…
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Hurricane Matthew now Category 3 storm
As we wrote the other day, hurricane intensity is a tough thing to forecast. Even with localized wind shear around Matthew and only warm – but not extreemely warm – water under it, the storm…
Tropical Storm Matthew: Who needs to care and why
The National Hurricane Center again skipped the Depression stage and turned Invest 97L directly into Tropical Storm Matthew. Just like last time, this isn’t terribly uncommon. Or terribly common. It just is. So, now that…
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The rain that missed The Pine Belt
Twenty-plus inches of rain. Louisana may have a lot of swamps and wetlands, but even that state can’t handle this kind of rain. And as neighbors in central and southern Louisiana look to each other…
Waterspout in Pensacola, Labor Day 2013
This is an example of being a little too close…
