Welp, Sub-Tropical Storm Ana formed since the last update. Two pieces of good news, though. The first is that Ana poses no meaningful threat for the United States. The second is that the little area…
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South Mississippi Forecast 5/21/21
Things are really calming down across southern Mississippi as high pressure takes over. That means the area will finally get to dry out after – what seems like – months of rainy days. In fact,…
NOAA predicts another active hurricane season
The Climate Prediction Center released their seasonal prediction today, and to noone’s suprise it included an above-average forecast. The official prediction is: Above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. The CPC calls for 13 to 20 named storms…
South Mississippi Forecast 5/20/21: Drying out & heating up – Plus the first named storm in the Atlantic is “likely” to develop
Things are starting to dry out a bit as we head through the next few days.. And that may be a welcomed change for some folks. The official rain gauge on the year is sitting…
Hurricane Zeta post-season analysis shows Cat 3 at landfall
The National Hurricane Center analysis of Hurricane Zeta during the past few months has led them to the conclusion that Hurricane Zeta was – in fact – a Major Hurricane at landfall. In a complete…
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Less than 100 days until Hurricane Season
While it feels like the 2020 Hurricane Marathon…err, I mean… Season just finished. we are about three months away from the start of the 2021 Hurricane Season. The National Hurricane Center tweeted out the reminder…
Attempting to develop new Tropical ‘Threats’ Scale
I’m no Herbert Saffir or Robert Simpson, but I do like thinking outside the box and challenging myself with trying to find order in chaos. Truly, I think that is why I love meteorology so…
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Tropical Storm Eta still pegged to turn, drift toward northern Gulf Coast
I think it is a funny coincidence that the one tropical system with the name that is an acronym for “estimated time of arrival” is the tropical system that is taking the most indirect path…
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11/9/20 PM Update: Tropical Storm Eta to turn, drift north toward northern Gulf Coast by weekend
It is an ugly, small, and not very angry storm. But that doesn’t mean it won’t cause problems. Just ask Florida. Tropical Storm Eta is in the Gulf trying to reorganize itself in the face…
11/5/20 Eta update: Since we are all getting good at waiting…
Who is with me? A vote for dissipation is a vote for sanity! I’m being told, ‘that isn’t how any of this works, Nick’ Drat. Well, then, let’s get right to the update… From the…
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