In 1992 on August 24, Hurricane Andrew made landfall just south of downtown Miami as a major hurricane, causing incredible devastation across the south Florida peninsula before it emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on its way to a second landfall in Louisiana. My husband and I visited Miami ten…
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NOTE: Latest update on the bottom of this entry My Facebook feed has been jammed with posts from meteorologist friends uploading the latest computer models of where Investigation 99L might go and how strong it might get. (For those of you who don’t follow tropical weather news closely, Investigation 99L…
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The tropics are becoming more active, and the National Hurricane Center is watching three tropical waves in the Atlantic now, with a fourth one coming off the coast of Africa in the next few days. Tropical Depression Fiona is still around in the Atlantic far from land but is expected to degrade…
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The tropics are starting to heat up with the development of Tropical Depression 6, which is expected to become TS Fiona within a few days. It won’t hit the Southeast in all probability, but the next storm might come a lot closer. Here are two web sites with helpful information…
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It seems that the national media is finally becoming aware of the unfolding tragedy that is the flooding occurring in Louisiana. There have been many more reports on the flooding in the last couple of days. So far, 9 people have been killed and over 20,000 displaced by the flooding….
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NOAA released their updated Atlantic hurricane season forecast for 2016 yesterday. NOAA calls for a higher likelihood of a near-normal or above-normal season, and decreases the chance of a below-normal season to only 15 percent, from the initial outlook issued in May. You can read it at http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/atlantic-hurricane-season-still-expected-to-be-strongest-since-2012.
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The Capital Weather Gang has a thoughtful article today describing the current drought of major hurricanes hitting the US and why it is so worrisome. The streak has reached 3,939 days, two years longer than any previous drought. The drought for Florida is more than ten years, and for Georgia…
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