Hurricane Sandy continues pushing northeast this afternoon. It is expected to maintain hurricane force winds until it makes landfall, which is forecast to occur after midnight Monday night. It will make the transition to a non-tropical low sometime on Monday. … Continue reading →

Sandy is still a hurricane early this afternoon. It definitely has a warm core, with a temperature inside the eye of 24C, vs 17C outside the eye. The plane found maximum flight level winds of 82 mph in the southwestern … Continue reading →

Sandy was downgraded to a tropical storm earlier this morning, but an Air Force plane has once again found hurricane force winds and it has been upgraded back to hurricane. These small distinctions don’t matter, as it is a function … Continue reading →

Looking at a satellite picture tonight, Hurricane Sandy doesn’t look like much. In fact, by morning, it will probably officially be a tropical storm. But don’t let that fool you. The pressure in the storm will begin to drop later … Continue reading →

Low pressure at the southern end of a tropical wave in the Caribbean northwest of Columbia continues to slowly organize.  It is designated disturbance 99L by the National Hurricane Center.  The low should move northward in the days ahead, becoming … Continue reading →