As meteorologists watch the evolution of Tropical Storm Erika today, it is becoming more clear that Florida is going to be impacted by the storm. What happens after that is less clear, but if you live in Florida, southern Georgia, or the eastern Carolinas you should be watching the outlooks…
Read More
The National Hurricane Center issued its last statement on the remains of what was once Hurricane Danny this morning. Danny hit an area of cooler ocean temperatures and strong wind shear which shut down convection in the storm, leaving just a remnant tropical wave which is not expected to redevelop,…
Read More
At 11 AM this morning the National Hurricane Center declared that Danny has been upgraded to hurricane status. This makes the storm the first hurricane of the year. On the satellite picture below you can see the beginning of an eye, which often appears about the time a storm reaches…
Read More
At 5 pm today the National Hurricane Center named Tropical Storm Danny as the fourth named storm of the year. Danny is still far out to sea and it will take a week just to reach the Lesser Antilles, so we will not see anything for quite a while. Danny…
Read More
The National Hurricane Center has declared that the area of interest they’ve been watching in the eastern Atlantic Ocean has a closed circulation by looking at satellite wind data. They have identified it as Tropical Depression 4. Models suggest that it will continue to strengthen during the day today and…
Read More
Do you remember the summer of 2005? That was an incredibly active tropical year, with 27 named storms, including Katrina and Rita. The rain that the Southeast received from those storms as well as the regular summer thunderstorms helped keep the region out of drought conditions that year. Here’s a…
Read More
As we head into what is usually the most active time of the year for tropical storms in the Atlantic basin, a wave that recently moved off the coast of Africa is now showing some signs of development. The National Hurricane Center’s 5-day tropical outlook map now shows a 60…
Read More