LAKE CHARLES…MOSUNNY…yes sunny!…83F…NE20G28…29.65F…water reported over the seawall at the Lake Charles Civic Center LAFAYETTE…PTSUNNY…79F…E13G29…29.69F NEW IBERIA…PTSUNNY…81F…E18G29…29.68S SALT POINT…84F…E18G36…29.61R HOUSTON BUSH…PTSUNNY…82F…NE15G23…29.70F GALVESTON…MOSUNNY…83F…NE25G31…29.62F N.O. INTL ARPT…CLOUDY…81F…E26G38…29.76R SLIDELL…PTSUNNY…84F…SE23G39…29.81R BUOY REPORTS Station 42361 – Shell Oil Platform at 27.5 92.5 or 200 miles southeast … Continue reading →

REPORTS …surge 7.34 feet 10 miles southeast of Pecan Island in Vermillion Parish, LA …much of Cameron LA is likely underwater…surge reported at 6.05 feet at 7:30 a.m. at Calcasieu Pass. Recon reported pressure of 954 mb at 6:42 a.m. … Continue reading →

On the morning of Saturday, September 8, 1900, Isaac Cline, the Weather Bureau Chief at Galveston rode his horse down to the beach. He was alarmed to see beach standing on the beach watching the huge waves. He urged them … Continue reading →

Here is the 7 a.m. Advisory on Ike… WTNT34 KNHC 121150 TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 45A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 700 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 …LARGE AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE IKE APPROACHING THE … Continue reading →

Reader Doug Bennett sent us his memories of Hurricane Carla, which struck the Central Texas coast on September 11, 1961. First a few notes… Carla is the eighth strongest US landfalling hurricane with a central pressure of 931 millibars. Top … Continue reading →

The Air Force Lockheed WP-3D Orion in Hurricane Ike now found a surface pressure of 942 mb at 8:36 p.m. CDT tonight, and I don’t think it was actually in the center. So Ike continues to strengthen…so far the winds … Continue reading →

Sitting in the New Orleans Airport tonight waiting for a flight that is delayed by three hours. Glad to get to relieve JB for a couple of hours so he can have a peaceful meal. It will be an interesting … Continue reading →

Ike is beginning to strengthen… Not much else to say…everything points toward strengthening as it moves away from Cuba…should be a major hurricane. Eye clearly evident on Key West radar, some 185 miles WSW of the Conch Republic. I think … Continue reading →

Dying showers and storms over northern St. Clair and Etowah Counties late this evening…from Ashville to west of Gadsden. A thunderstorm was reported in the vicinity in the last hour at Gadsden Airport. Everywhere else…things are quietening down. More showers … Continue reading →

Very heavy rain in Trussville at this time from a storm that developed over NE Jefferson County on a passing outflow boundary…showers and storms extend from the Roebuck Plaza area over to near Wattsville in St. Clair County. Other showers … Continue reading →