NOAA predicts another active hurricane season

The Climate Prediction Center released their seasonal prediction today, and to noone’s suprise it included an above-average forecast. The official prediction is: Above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. The CPC calls for 13 to 20 named storms…

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South Mississippi Forecast 5/20/21: Drying out & heating up – Plus the first named storm in the Atlantic is “likely” to develop

Things are starting to dry out a bit as we head through the next few days.. And that may be a welcomed change for some folks. The official rain gauge on the year is sitting…

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Tropical Storm Eta still pegged to turn, drift toward northern Gulf Coast

I think it is a funny coincidence that the one tropical system with the name that is an acronym for “estimated time of arrival” is the tropical system that is taking the most indirect path…

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11/9/20 PM Update: Tropical Storm Eta to turn, drift north toward northern Gulf Coast by weekend

It is an ugly, small, and not very angry storm. But that doesn’t mean it won’t cause problems. Just ask Florida. Tropical Storm Eta is in the Gulf trying to reorganize itself in the face…

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11/5/20 Eta update: Since we are all getting good at waiting…

Who is with me? A vote for dissipation is a vote for sanity! I’m being told, ‘that isn’t how any of this works, Nick’ Drat. Well, then, let’s get right to the update… From the…

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11/4/20 Update: Eta forecast to slither its way north into Gulf

Eta is a shell of its former self, however it is still dropping copious amounts of precipitation across Central America. Nicaragua and Honduras are still expecting another foot of water – maybe more – in…

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Hurricane Eta forecast to possibly enter Gulf by Sunday

This is one of those ‘worth watching, but don’t get concerned yet’ type of situations. Category 4 Hurricane Eta made landfall across the coast of Nicaragua today bringing heavy rain, wind gusts up to 185mph,…

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Hurricane Eta tracks toward Latin America, then set to turn north

I promised you guys I wouldn’t write one of these unless it was necessary. And here I am. Hurricane Eta is strengthening and organizing as it moves toward the coast of Nicaragua today and is…

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