Good afternoon! Here is a look at Alabama’s weather this afternoon. The radar is clear across the state. The nearest rain to Alabama is over southwestern Arkansas. Plenty of fair weather cumulus clouds generally south of I-59, with near total … Continue reading →

Hurricane Opal was a worst case scenario for weather forecasters. In the eighteen hours before its landfall just east of Pensacola on October 4, 1995, Opal went from a Category 2 Hurricane, to a strong Category 4 Hurricane, back to … Continue reading →

Kyle is over Nova Scotia tonight…it has lost tropical characteristics. It is moving NNE at 26 mph and will pass into New Brunswick. Top winds are still 70 mph. All hurricane warnings have been discontinued for Nova Scotia. The tropical … 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. It was abandoned after a devastating hurricane in 1842. The area began to develop commercially, and Cedar … Continue reading →

Hurricane Kyle is losing characteristics and making landfall over southern Nova Scotia just east of Yarmouth. Top winds are still 80 mph. A tropical storm warning continues on the southern Maine coast, but winds on the western side are less … Continue reading →

Hurricane Kyle will pass about 160 miles east of Cape Cod this afternoon, heading toward a landfall just east of Maine tonight. It is moving NNE at 24 mph. Doesn’t look like much, does he? Maine has not seen a … Continue reading →

On September 28, 1837, a British sloop-of-war, the HMS Racer encountered a severe hurricane in the western Caribbean near Jamaica. The ship would run with the hurricane for four days, until it reached the Yucatan Peninsula. Named for the ship, … Continue reading →

WTNT31 KNHC 272345 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE KYLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112008 800 PM AST SAT SEP 27 2008 …KYLE PASSING WELL EAST OF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA…HEADING TOWARD EASTERN NEW ENGLAND AND … Continue reading →

Here is the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide this year. (Actually tied for strongest.) It is Supertyphoon Jangmi, which wil hit Taiwan tonight. Top winds are 155 mph. The pressure is now 922 mb. It is tied with Supertyphoon Rammasun as … Continue reading →

GREETINGS FROM SAN DIEGO… This was my view this morning of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal as I got ready to head to San Diego. Here is the beautiful Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, where the AMTRAK trains call… … Continue reading →