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Today an area of low pressure organized as it moved from the Yucatan Peninsula west into the Bay of Campeche. It has continued to develop today into a tropical depression and there is a chance that it could briefly become Tropical Storm Barry tonight or tomorrow morning before it moves over northeast Mexico and falls…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that the heaviest rain this week will stay off the coast in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, but areas that border that, especially southern AL, the Florida Panhandle, and the west coast of Florida, could all see a lot of rain over the next week, with frequent showers occurring.…
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A piece of very bad news for those of us who live in the hurricane region of the United States was released this past week. The U.S. Department of Defense announced it would immediately stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts. This data is essential to accurate forecasting of hurricane conditions…
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Tropical Storm Andrea has come and gone quickly and the next week looks like it will be a quiet one for the Atlantic tropics. The National Hurricane Center is showing a small region of potential development in the southern Gulf, but it only has a 20% chance of developing in the next week so it…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that two areas of abnormally dry conditions were added to Puerto Rico this week. In the mainland Southeast, Florida is currently the only state showing drought. Generally, the western part of the state improved but the East Coast got worse. Overall, the area of drought decreased, but…
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The next few days are going to be very warm across the region, especially those areas away from the coasts. Since it is the first big heat wave of the year, most folk are not yet acclimatized to the hot and sultry weather and need to take special care to keep themselves, their kids, their…
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(UPDATE as of 6/24 at 10 pm: Today TS Andrea formed in the central Atlantic and became the first named storm of the Atlantic season. It is not expected to last long.) Today there is an area of disturbed weather in the central Atlantic Ocean that has a 70% chance of briefly developing tropical characteristics…
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