TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA…CENTRAL AMERICA…GULF OF MEXICO…CARIBBEAN SEA…NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA…AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY…WEATHER OBSERVATIONS…RADAR…AND METEOROLOGICAL…
Month: August 2015
Danny is dead (well, not quite dead, yet), Erika is alive
11:00PM 8/24/15 UPDATE: Invest 98-L is now Tropical Storm Erika. Winds at 40mph. More details here ORIGINAL POST: Danny is no longer a Tropical Depression. It is just a trough of low pressure. So for…
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Hurricane Danny prompts Tropical Storm Watch for Leeward Islands
Here is the 11am graphic from the National Hurricane Center. New graphic issued soon.
Hurricane Danny weakens while another system brews
Hurricane Danny continues to weaken out in the open Atlantic. This is all apart of the forecast. Wind shear and dry air are doing a number on the once-Category 3 storm. At the same time…
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Hurricane Danny now Category Three storm
8/22/15 UPDATE: For the latest on Danny CLICK HERE 8/21/15 ORIGINAL: Danny is now a Three. The Hurricane Hunters relayed data to the National Hurricane Center during their investigation of Danny Friday showing that winds…
It’s official: Hurricane Danny
As of the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Danny is now a hurricane. From the NHC: SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST…1500 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…12.5N 44.8W ABOUT 1090 MI…1755 KM E OF THE WINDWARD…
Past Pine Belt El Ninos
I decided to find out what we could expect this fall, winter and next spring from El Nino. Not to forecast, but rather, to get an idea of past events s, as a forecaster, I…
Sitting down with veteran morning weatherman Rex Thompson, talk about Hurricane Camille
Today is the anniversary of Hurricane Camille. I sat down for 10 minutes with long-time morning weatherman, Rex… Posted by Nick Lilja WDAM on Monday, August 17, 2015
Climate Fun: Five years of Hattiesburg Augusts
During some down time I decided to take a look back at the last five years of climate data. Generally, this isn’t a big enough sample size to do any real number crunching or analysis,…