As Kevin Knupp and I have learned at UAH, it is sometimes hard to pinpoint the exact location of a cold front. Sometimes, there are multiple surges of cool air and dry air. But, the surface map this afternoon shows … Continue reading →

At 2 am CDT, Gadsden was at 48 degrees. This is one of the coolest temperatures east of the Mississippi River in the U. S. tonight. To find other temperatures this cool, you have to go as far north as … Continue reading →

Autumn (or as we all say it for real, Fall) offically starts today at 10:43 am CDT (1543 GMT). This is the time when the earth’s tilt and revolution around the sun allow the entire world to have 12 hours … Continue reading →

Drove to Lafayette, Louisiana today, then drove south as far as Perry, LA, 14 miles NW of Vermillion Bay and 10 miles north of Intracoastal City. Tropical storm-like conditions, maximum wind gust 53 mph. Sheriff told us water was over … Continue reading →

As the computer models, meteorologists, the news media, and everyone else changes the track of Ike and other tropical systems every 12 hours, it makes me (as a meteorologist who mainly researches the small-scale, ie., thunderstorms), want to know more … Continue reading →

Reading James’ posts below, you can see why Ike is difficult. The GFS has shifted its forecast position for next week for Ike from north Florida, to middle Gulf, to north Florida. Visible satellite imagery makes it look like the … Continue reading →

With the models shifting the track of Ike southward today, it looks like it has a decent chance of making it into the Gulf. As James points out, an approaching trough should eventually move Ike north, but if that doesn’t … Continue reading →

We got back from the deployment to Hurricane Gustav between 2 and 4 am Tuesday. It was a good deployment, and we got a lot of good data from our site at Carr Field in Bogalusa, LA, about 25 miles … Continue reading →

Hurricane Hunters continue to fly and are making some ominous reports from Hanna, including these from the last two vortex messages… GREATLY IMPROVED RADAR BANDING IN CENTER VERY INTENSE CONVECTIVE BANDING NORTH THRU EAST QUADS