Powerful Hurricane Dean is now inland over the Yucatan Peninsula. A Hurricane Hunter Plane indicated he made landfall on the East Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula near Costa Maya or Majahual about 3:30 am, CDT. This is about 40 miles … Continue reading →

Powerful Hurricane Dean has grown into one of the top 10 hurricanes on record. He continued to plow westward through the Caribbean late tonight headed directly for the Yucatan Peninsula. Here are some specifics: LOCATION/MOVEMENT The center of Hurricane Dean … Continue reading →

This short note directly from the National Hurricane Center: HURRICANE DEAN TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007 835 PM AST MON AUG 20 2007 DATA FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING HURRICANE … Continue reading →

He is still very powerful and getting very close tp a Category 5! Outer bands from the big storm arriving on the east coast of Yucatan. Early Evening specific information: LOCATION/MOVEMENT AT 7 pm, CDT, the center of Dean was … Continue reading →

There is an old saying that all is not fair in love, rain distribution and droughts (or is that a new saying that I just made up. I can’t remember). Anyway, this will be a short weather by the numbers … Continue reading →

GRAND CAYMAN: 86 cloudy, wind SE 26, gusts 35 CANCUN: 84 cloudy, wind NE 12 COZUMEL: 86 mostly cloudy, wind NNE 21 BUOY 42056/NW CARIBBEAN: Wind ENE 40, gusts 52 mph, 30 foot waves ABOUT THE YUCATAN Cancun is the … Continue reading →

He is a big guy. He is tough and he is making huge waves as he continues to plow westward across the Caribbean. He is scheduled for a head-on collision with the Yucatan Peninsula. The National Hurricane Center had some … Continue reading →

The National Hurricane Center maintains a Category 4 in the 4:00 p.m. CDT Advisory on powerful Hurricane Dean. Complete details will follow in a few minutes.

CANCUN: 86 cloudy, wind NE 17 COZUMEL: 86 mostly cloudy, wind ENE 21 GRAND CAYMAN: 86, mostly cloudy, wind SE 32, gusts 44 mph WEATHER BUOY # 42056/NW CARIBBEAN: Wind NE 34, gusts 40 mph, 19.4 foot waves, pressure falling … Continue reading →

Will Mr. Dean become a two-ocean storm?. Will he continue all the way across Mexico and emerge in the Pacific south of the Gulf of California? That would be indeed a rare event. Upper level wind progs do not totally … Continue reading →