Tracking Weather Across the State
The hurricane season is not even a week old, and already the Atlantic has produced four named storms. Not a promising sign of things to come. The one of concern right now is tropical storm Debby. The storm is expected to remain off the coast, turn west and head for [...]
It is growing more likely that Irene will strike the East Coast, rather than Florida. That’s a problem. With more time over the warm waters of the Atlantic, the current projections have the storm now reaching “major” status. The National Hurricane Center is predicting winds in Irene to increase to [...]
Tropical Storm Irene continues to churn through the Atlantic, making it’s way WNW towards the United States mainland. The overall track of the storm will impact greatly just how strong this storm will be as it come ashore either in Florida or along the east coast. As you can see [...]
The fifth named storm in the Atlantic this year could be the first to pose a risk to the United States mainland. Tropical Storm Emily is still hundreds of miles away, but it is set to cross over a number of islands in the Caribbean and steam towards the Florida [...]
It’s not much of a storm which is welcomed news for the Gulf Coast, but Tropical Storm Don represents the first named storm that will make landfall on the mainland this hurricane season. Depending on its eventual track this storm system might also be a bit of a blessing in [...]
Dr. William Gray has released his forecast for 2011 and once again things are expected to stay active in the Atlantic. Earlier this month a disturbance threatened to kick off the tropical season a little early, fortunately that didn’t happen. So for now we can just focus on the expected [...]
Although current thinking is that it won’t grow any stronger, Hurricane Igor is plenty strong. The storm is now a powerful category 4 with sustained winds of up to 150mph. You can see in the satellite image to the left the very pronounced eye in the center of the storm, [...]
There are a pair of tropical systems in the Atlantic this Monday Afternoon. Hurricane Igor is rapidly intensifying into a major hurricane. Tropical Storm Julia is slowly making her way to hurricane strength as well. Both of these storms are far away from any land masses. In fact, Julia is [...]
Seems like we’ve seen a lot of big storms in the Atlantic in the best way possible. I mean they don’t cause major problems over land. That trend may or may not continue with Hurricane Igor. You can see a very pronounced eye in the latest satellite imagery this morning. [...]
After weakening below tropical storm strength, Igor has regained its name and is expected to continue its growth. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center report Tropical Storm Igor should become a major hurricane by sometime next week. The storm is moving very slowly and is still more than a week [...]
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