I sat today tracking the development of Tropical Storm Edouard in the Gulf of Mexico and mused on the evolution of information available to weather enthusiasts about such systems in just my lifetime. The first tropical cyclone that I remember … Continue reading →

Here is the latest on Edouard…no real change…
139 WTNT35 KNHC 040230 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008 1000 PM CDT SUN AUG 03 2008 …HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED AS EDOUARD … Continue reading →

Hurricane watches or warnings may be required later tonight. Tropical Storm Edouard is 90 miles SE of the mouth of the Mississippi River or 415 miles ESE of Galveston. Moving W-4. Top winds are 50 mph. Last central pressure measured … Continue reading →

Few storms still hanging on this evening… One on the Greene/Hale County line approaching Eutaw. One growing near Montevallo/Wilton and Calera. One in southern Tallapoosa County north of Tallassee and Notasulga. The storm over Chilton County has died down. Everything … Continue reading →

Things quieting across North Central Alabama. Storm in northern Perry heading SW toward Greensboro in Hale County…not especially intense…but lots of lightning. Lots of boundaries swinging around Central Alabama, so can’t rule out additional small isolated pulse storms, but I … Continue reading →

000 WHUS44 KLIX 031911 CFWLIX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 211 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 …A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF COASTAL FLOODING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY… .AN AREA … Continue reading →

Edouard will boast one of the shortest time periods ever spent as a tropical depression. Nothing real exciting about this report from recon plane, except that the pressure had dropped to 1002 mb and there was a 53 knot flight … Continue reading →

Thankfully, today’s storms are nothing like the ones from yesterday. The storms are not as well supported by the upper wind fields today. At 4 p.m., showers and storms are widely scattered across Central Alabama generally between I-59 and I-65/85. … Continue reading →

The NHC is now issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Five in the Gulf about 160 miles south of Mobile. Top wnds are 35 mph. Central pressure is 1007 mb. The system is disorganized with an exposed center. It is undergoing … Continue reading →

The warning for Clay and Randolph Counties has been cancelled. The storm moving near Lineville is still producing very heavy rain and gusty winds, but is no longer likely to be severe. FROM THE GULF… The Air Force recon plane … Continue reading →