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After slamming Haiti then Cuba as a Category 4, Hurricane Matthew is back over very warm open water and after weakening slightly due to land interaction, has re-intensified this morning and is expected to further intensify as it pushes through the Bahamas. Scenes from a storm devastated Haiti. Cuba is no better! This is Baracoa. Matthew Expected To […]
Matthew has made landfall on Haiti’s Tiburon peninsula, 20 miles west of Les Cayes as a Category 4, 145 mph Hurricane. Wind gusts likely exceeding 160 mph… Sadly this is an unfolding disaster! First images coming out of Haiti. This area outlined by Jim Cantore is likely to get wiped out! Steep, deforested terrain highly susceptible to mudslides, enhanced rainfall through […]
Well Matthew continues to approach Jamaica and Hispaniola with fluctuating intensity with wobbling. This is what you would expect with such a large, powerful hurricane. Here’s the latest stats. Latest visible satellite loop. We could well see this re-strengthen a little prior to some weakening due to land interaction but I’m afraid no matter what, this has […]
Located just 75 miles to the north of Punta Gallinas, Colombia, Matthew has become a monster 140 mph Category 4 hurricane and poses a grave threat to Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba and likely the Bahamas thereafter. Visible, Infrared and microwave imagery is simply stunning with the below loops showing the rapid intensification process. Latest microwave scan of […]
Tropical Storm Matthew continues to strengthen heading westward. Likely to become a hurricane tonight. A change in the upper air pattern next week with another taste of fall with heavy snows for the mountains with widespread 5-10F below normal temperatures. Experiencing technical issues which means I am unable to post a video today. FEATURED […]
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] First and foremost, Tropical Storm Matthew is born after the hurricane hunters found a closed low level circulation and winds of 60 mph this morning. This storm will become a hurricane as it continues moving westward in a favourable environment, steered by an upper ridge to the north. The United States should pay […]
After weeks of seemingly never ending summer, we have our first true refreshing air making it all the way to the Southeast thanks to a cut off upper low drifting down over the Ohio Valley eventually make it into the Southeast. This will make for the coolest air since May for many. The upper low cut […]
This is a very interesting pattern we’re in with a boiling Gulf and Atlantic, active tropics and increasingly favourable US pattern that could attract storms and or hurricanes to the coast. In the past week, waters in the Gulf and up the Atlantic seaboard have warmed and widely running 2-4F above normal. The pattern and warm water makes […]
Often at this time of year when summer draws to a close, we look thousands of miles out across the Pacific and when there’s typhoons roaming the western basin, US meteorologists pay attention. With the help of a due west track of once Super Typhoon Meranti, summer lives on across the Eastern US and this warm pattern […]

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