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Records Watch
The NWS is slowly phasing out the old DIFAX charts that we used to receive on wet paper facsimile machines and later on dot matrix printers. Computers generate almost any chart we need today on demand. But sometimes I can’t … Continue reading
Busy Severe Weather Day
There are continuous severe thunderstorm warnings all the way from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Durham, North Carolina this evening. Friday was a very busy day along a frontal system that was draped from the Midwest to the Northeast. There were over … Continue reading
Hottest Weather Since 2007
The hottest temperatures since the heat wave of 2007 are impacting Alabama now. There are some signs that the current heat wave will back off just a bit after Monday as moisture levels increase a bit and temperatures ease just … Continue reading
Remembering 1957’s Hurricane Audrey
On the evening of June 26, 1957, residents of southwestern Louisiana were tracking a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm had formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico two nights before. It had been classified as a tropical … Continue reading
Debby May Be A Depression Soon
Debby is looking extremely ragged this morning. The wind shear and dry air are taking a toll on the storm. The flight level winds continue to decrease and surface wind measurements with the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) are as … Continue reading
Debby On Her Way Now
After a day of producing astronomical rains over the Florida Panhandle between Tallahassee and Apalachicola as it sat stalled over the northeastern Gulf, Tropical Storm Debby is finally on the move. Or so it appears. The trough shown in the … Continue reading
Will It Go ‘Round in Circles?
The Air Force plane is on a northbound vector to the center of Tropical Storm Debby as I start writeing this. We will get another center fix before I finish probably. INDEED WE DID. The three fixes on this flight … Continue reading
Rare Flash Flood Emergency in Florida
See those 10 and 11″ rainfall reports? BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 522 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY … Continue reading
Debby Moving Slowly Northeastward
Not much change in the 1 p.m. information from the NHC. Debby is moving northeast at 5 mph. Here are the stats from the advisory. SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT…1800 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————- LOCATION…29.0N 85.2W ABOUT 50 MI…80 KM SSW OF … Continue reading
Checking on Debby
The 10 a.m. advisory is in on Debby. A few notes: …Winds have been decreased to 45 mph. …Central pressure is up to 995 mb …The dry air has taken a toll, but there is some convection redeveloping on the … Continue reading
