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16 Not Noel…Yet…
Tropical Depression 16 is getting quite impressive on satellite this morning. It is located 220 miles SW of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The latest pass of the QuikScat satellite did not find tropical storm force winds, but the … Continue reading
Morning Look at TD 16
Tropical Depression 16 is south of Haiti this morning. It should become Tropical Storm Noel later today. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for SW Haiti. Tropical Storm Watches are in effect for Jamaica and eastern Cuba. The future track … Continue reading
The Perfect Storm
On October 28, 1991, low pressure was developing along an old cold front off the East Coast. This low would deepen rapidly into the 29th, its circulation large enough to absorb a weakening Hurricane Gracie. By the morning of the … Continue reading
TD 16 Forms
WTNT31 KNHC 280230 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL162007 1100 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2007 …PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA BECOMES TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN…WARNINGS AND WATCHES ISSUED… … Continue reading
Tropical Depression May Be Forming in Caribbean
The surface low in the Caribbean is located south of the Dominican Republic today, heading to the west. It is designated 90L by the NHC. It has been undergoing too much wind shear for development, but that shear is lessening. … Continue reading
Remembering Hurricane Mitch
On this date in 1998, Hurricane Mitch was in the southwestern Caribbean. It passed over Swan Island and turned southwestward toward the Bay Islands off of the Honduran coast. Mitch passed near the island of Guanaja as a Category Four … Continue reading
Where in the World is Bill Murray?
Whenever I am in a distinctive place that you might be able to identify, I like to play a little game called “Where in the World is Bill Murray.” See if you can guess…you have to be specific to the … Continue reading
World Series Weather
Here is a long range look at the weather for the upcoming World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies. By sheer climataology, you would expect that there might be some interesting weather for the Fall Classic. … Continue reading
Latest QPF Forecast
Here is the latest QPF forecast for the next 120 hours, just out from the HPC…still looks promising… It shows widespread four inch amounts over the western half of the state, gradually tapering to one and one half inches over … Continue reading
Flash Flood Watch for Southwest Alabama
The NWS Mobile has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Southwest Alabama. WGUS64 KMOB 212052 FFAMOB URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 352 PM CDT SUN OCT 21 2007 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS … Continue reading
