Tropical
September 2016 has hosted two separate record breakers. To start the month, Hurricane Hermine made landfall ending a record 11 year hurricane drought for Florida. Today saw the formation of Tropical Storm Julia, the first system in recorded history to be named while over Florida. This thing will bring a multiday heavy, flooding rain and […]
We have a lot of weather going on right now. It’s questionable whether Newton crept over the Mexico-US border as a storm or depression but regardless, it’s making it’s presence felt while with flooding rains. From weather.com Newton spread heavy rain over parts of Arizona and New Mexico for much of Wednesday, but by Thursday morning, […]
Hurricane Hermine made landfall overnight just east of St Mark’s, FL as an 80 mph storm. This was Florida’s first in a record 11 year stretch of hurricane drought. While Hermine may have only been a Category 1, this system packed a punch producing significant storm surge flooding and damage along the coast and created […]
Today marks the first day of meteorological fall 2016. Many millions from St Louis to Atlantic City will remember this summer as a long hot and uncomfortably sticky one. For those in the South, it’s been soggy too. Unfortunately for the non heat lover, it looks like it’s going to remain on the warm humid side […]
Once 99L and a system which looked to be goner not far SE of Florida has managed to make it into the southern Gulf and ignite into Tropical Storm Hermine. Hermine threatens Florida as a strong tropical storm or hurricane but first caught our attention over 2 weeks ago as a large wave crossing equatorial Africa. Whether a strong […]
It’s been a while since the Atlantic has been as active as this. Tropical Depression 8 TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT DISCUSSION NUMBER 2 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082016 500 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 The low-level center of the depression is now exposed, with the deep convection diminishing and displaced to the northwest […]
Published: Aug 25 2016 12:30 PM EDT By Jonathan Belles weather.com Story Highlights The Gulf of Mexico has not had a single hurricane enter or develop in its waters since September 2013. This streak has eclipsed the longest drought on record, dating to 1886. No hurricanes have entered or developed in the Gulf of Mexico […]
There’s always high levels of uncertainty when it comes to tropical systems entering the mid-latitude pattern, especially when your looking up to a week out. Former storms or hurricanes adding energy, often energising the jet stream and enhancing baroclinicity. Many September’s gone by have seen stormy weather with direct hits from former hurricanes, probably the most notable of recent times […]
It’s a busy tropical Atlantic and it looks set to stay that way for some time. The current infrared image below shows Fiona, 99L and Gaston but we also have a blow up of thunderstorms around the outer periphery of a high over the Southeast US. This is the feature that’s keeping 99L on a […]
Latest on Tropical Storm Gaston and 99L this morning. Visible satellite animation as the sun comes up. Gaston 99L General model consensus with 99L remains with a US threat as high pressure builds from US out into the Atlantic sealing off the northern escape route. We expect to see significant, potentially flooding rainfall across Puerto Rico. […]
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