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Mid Morning Look at Kyle
…Kyle to brush eastern New England…new watches and warnings issued… Tropical Storm Kyle is just below hurricane strength this morning, with top winds of 70 mph. It should become a hurricane later today. The central pressure is 998 mb. Kyle … Continue reading
Do You Remember Eloise?
On the morning of September 22, 1975, residents along the Alabama and Northwest Florida Gulf Coast were preparing for a hurricane. Eloise was some 350 miles south southwest of Mobile at 6 a.m. that morning and heading north at 11 … Continue reading
Latest Word from NHC…
920 WONT41 KNHC 220229 DSAAT SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM EDT SUN SEP 21 2008 LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE MONA PASSAGE DOES NOT … Continue reading
Not A Depression…Yet…
The system over Puerto Rico has not yet attained tropical depression status according to Air Force Reconnaissance. But it is very close. The plane reported flight level winds in excess of 40 knots well south of the broad center. Rainfall … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update…11 a.m.
A few light showers have continued through the morning hours over Central Alabama. The extend from Hale, Perry and Bibb Counties northeastward up into Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun and Cleburne Counties. The showers will continue moving northeast through the afternoon. … Continue reading
Tropical Depression About to Form
Air Force reconnaissance is enroute to investigate the low pressure system in the northeastern Caribbean. The plane is now approaching the Bahamas. I think they will find that a tropical depression has formed. It might not be long until it … Continue reading
A Hurricane Named Hugo…
On September 10, 1989, a tropical depression formed in the far eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands. For the next two weeks, it would hold a center place on the weather stage, becoming the worst hurricane since 1969’s Hurricane … Continue reading
Showers Over Northeast Alabama…
Showers have developed over Northeast Alabama this evening. They are mainly over Blount, Marshall and Etowah Counties and points north and east. The activity is being sparked by an upper level disturbance moving across the region. The upper trough that … Continue reading
I-65 Rain Shield Activated…
A plume of moisture coming out of the southwest has been producing showers from eastern Mississippi into northwestern Alabama last night and this morning. The activity has been running into drier air the further east that it moves, and the … Continue reading
Aerial Photos of Ike’s Damage…
NOAA has posted high resolution aerial photos of the extensive coastal damage in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. See the photos here… Amazing photos that remind you of the terrible power of hurricanes.
