No more Greek-letter Hurricanes

While 2020 was responsible for a lot of very bad things, it looks like something that 2020 did was actually “good” in hindsight. The busy 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season forced the World Meteorological Organization to…

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10/25/19 South Mississippi Weather Update

Quite the eventful day across the area. Where we stand now… Tropical Storm Olga is still merging with a weakening cold front. That is providing some extra ‘umph’ to the showers and storms we are…

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9/25/19 Tropical Storm Karen Update – a hype-free look at what we know

It seems like Tropical storm Karen is getting a lot of attention from folks during the last 48 hours. It is understandable. The last few years has featured multiple landfalling tropical systems – some more…

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9/24/19 PM Tropical Update – Jerry, Karen, and Lorenzo

There are still a lot of uncertainties with with what is happening in the Tropics right now. A lot of the uncertainty surrounds the movement of Karen and how that may impact the weather in…

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9/23/19 Tropical Update – Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo

There are a lot of unknowns with today’s Tropical Update. More than normal, honestly. Not so much in the three-day forecast. But once we look out beyond Day Three and into Thursday and into the…

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9/18/19 10AM Tropics Update: Humberto, Imelda, Jerry, and three waves

Quite the active scene in the Tropics. Across parts of the eastern Pacific and northern Atlantic there are six named storms and three other areas of interest. Not a record (to my knowledge) but probably…

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9/17/19 – Tropics get active: Humberto, Imelda and TD10

And just like that, things have picked back up again in the Atlantic. There is a Category 2 Hurricane, Humberto. A newly-minted Tropical storm, Imelda and a Tropical Depression east of the Leeward Islands. From…

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PM Tropical Update – Latest on Invest95L / PTC9 / Humberto

SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT…2100 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————- LOCATION…23.7N 74.8W ABOUT 235 MI…380 KM SE OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND ABOUT 310 MI…500 KM SE OF FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…30 MPH…45 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NW…

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9/12/19 Tropical Update – Overnight model track shift on Invest95L

The model guidance for Invest 95L made a distinct shift overnight to the east. The above image may look like a bit of chicken-scratch, but what it shows is a push to the east in…

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