Tropical Storm Erick forecast to strengthen, barely miss Hawaiian Islands, Flossie may be different story

There are two tropical systems in the Eastern Pacific, Erick and Flossie. Both pose a wave threat to the Hawaiian Islands. One, Flossie, has a higher potential for actually skirting the Big Island bringing rain…

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NHC tracking new area of interest in Caribbean

The National Hurricane Center is now monitoring an area for potential tropical development. The wave is located near the Greater & Lesser Antilles. From the NHC Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL…

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NHC continues to monitor area of interest in Gulf

I’m posting this update pretty late. It is almost 1:00 AM as I write this, so enjoy this scientific stream-of-barely-consciousness… The National Hurricane Center has increased the chances of development in the Gulf to 10-percent…

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Invest94L near Bahamas, deserves attention not worry

Looking over some of the latest model data for newly-minted Invest 94L shows a disorganized area of convection with no real signs of intense deepening or monumental organization in the coming days. The National Hurricane…

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WPC concerned about short-term Flash Flooding in south Mississippi, Louisiana from Barry

Storms continue to train over the same areas in Louisiana and South Mississippi and the WPC is started to get concerned about flash flooding across parts of the Pine Belt and the Parishes of Louisiana.…

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7/13/19 9AM Update: Barry continues crawling toward Louisiana

I mean, does anyone ever really want to get off the water and go back on land? It is so nice in the Gulf! Warm water. Open spaces. Can you blame Barry for moseying around…

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7/13/19 1AM Advisory on Tropical Storm Barry

From the National Hurricane Center SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT…0600 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————- LOCATION…28.7N 91.1W ABOUT 70 MI…110 KM S OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA ABOUT 125 MI…200 KM WSW OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER…

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7/12/19 10PM Advisory for Tropical Storm Barry

SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT…0300 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…28.6N 91.0W ABOUT 75 MI…125 KM S OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA ABOUT 120 MI…195 KM WSW OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…65 MPH…100 KM/H…

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7/12/19 Full 10AM Advisory for Barry form the NHC

Barry is starting to look a bit healthier, though is still objectively disorganized. The blow-up of convection near the center has led to strengthening. From the National Hurricane Center Location and Strength LOCATION…28.2N 90.4W ABOUT…

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