Tornado Watch for Extreme South Mississippi, including all of Mississippi Coast Also for all of SE Louisiana Spiral bands moving inland as part of huge Ike circulation Not unusual at all Ike is so big that we will hear a … Continue reading →

First, a couple of late spot reports * Ike now afecting roughly 80% of the Gulf of Mexico–a huge storm * Gulf Shores…partly sunny, wind SE 23, gusts 36 * Mid-Gulf Buoy…wind south 40, gusts 47, 21 foot waves * … Continue reading →

Remember Josephine? She never did completely, totally, absolutely die. Her old bones are threatening to rise again. The area of disturbed weather, including some of her remnants, is located 200 miles NE of the SE Bahamas. Some slow redevelopment is … Continue reading →

BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 46 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 1000 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 …100 MPH PLUS WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE UPPER-TEXAS COAST BY MIDNIGHT…WEATHER SHOULD DETERIORATE EARLIER… A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT … Continue reading →

BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 45 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 400 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 …IKE GETS A LITTLE STRONGER…FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE… A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA … Continue reading →

BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 44A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 100 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 …LARGE CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE IKE MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST… A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM … Continue reading →

A COLLECTION OF COASTAL SPOT REPORTS AT 12 MIDNIGHT CDT Gulf Shores, Ala.,…fair wind east 18, gusts 30 Mobile/Brookley Field…mostly cloudy, wind east gusts 49 Pensacola Naval Air Station…fair…east 21, gusts 32 East Dauphin Island (Ala)…ESE 34, gusts 40 Buoy … Continue reading →

Just to forget Ike for a few minutes… The NWS was expecting heavy snow overnight in the NE Big Horn Mountains of SW Montana, Accumulations of 5 to 7 inches expected before tapering off tomorrow morning (Thursday morning) Later they … Continue reading →

BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 44 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 1000 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 …IKE REMAINS A LARGE CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE AND POSES A SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE HAZARD… A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT … Continue reading →

BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 43A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 700 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 …NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH YET AS IKE HEADS TOWARD THE NORTHWESTERN GULF… A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM … Continue reading →