If you could experience any kind of extreme weather, what would it be? Here is a list of some of some of my most favorite extreme weather around the world thanks to Christopher Burt’s fascinating book “Weather Extremes.” …A hot … Continue reading →

Tropical Storm Karen met an untimely demise on Saturday as very strong southwesterly winds sheared the thunderstorms from around the center. The remnant low will continue northwestward and could regenerate as it encounters more favorable upper level wind conditions, but … Continue reading →

Karen weakened to a tropical depression this morning. As the system has continued to weaken, it has been declassified on the afternoon advisory package. It is now an area of low pressure with disorganized thunderstorms. The system will be monitored … Continue reading →

A few developments in the tropics this morning. We had predicted that Karen would be downgraded to a tropical depression today and that has now happened. Karen is battling a good amount of shear and may not even survive the … Continue reading →

The Cedar Keys is a group of islands off the Florida Big Bend. An Army depot was established in 1836 on Depot Key, also known as Atsena Otie Key. It was abandoned after a devastating hurricane in 1842. The area … Continue reading →

It was just thirteen days after the 9-11 terrorist attack on America back in 2001. Concern was very high that there would be another terrorist attack. When the Emergency Action Notification System sounded in the Washington D.C. area, most people … Continue reading →

The subtropical depression 1000 miles west of the Azores in the northern Atlantic has been upgraded to a subtropical storm and hence it receives a name…Jerry. Top winds are 40 mph. Some strengthening is expected. Jerry will likely become fully … Continue reading →

The prime item in the tropics is the area of low pressure that will be passing over the Yucatan today on its way into the southern Gulf of Mexico. This system could become a tropical depression later today. It will … Continue reading →

On September 23, 2004, four named tropical cyclones were going on in the Atlantic basin simultaneously, one of only five times that has happened since the modern satellite era of tracking storms began in 1960. Hurricane Karl was about 1,000 … Continue reading →

Showers are over West and South Central Alabama tonight. One cluster is over Pickens, Greene and western Tuscaloosa County. Light rain was reported at the Tuscaloosa Airport at 7:09 p.m. A larger area of showers and storms is over South … Continue reading →