…The center of Ike is clearly off the north coast of Cuba this evening. The center is about 165 miles southwest of Key West. …Top winds are still 75 mph. Cloud tops are cooling rapidly in the feeder bands wrapping … Continue reading →

With all the attention on Hurricane Ike, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at a hurricane that held the entire Gulf of Mexico in suspense during this week back in 1919 On September 3, 1919, a … Continue reading →

The 0z run of the GFS is out far enough to see the expected landfall of Ike…it comes in land Friday afternoon near Brownsville, Texas or Matamoros, Mexico. The upper ridge holds strong through Thursday, steering Ike on a west … Continue reading →

Showers and storms continue across parts of Alabama at this late hour… Over Northeast Alabama, a slowly weakening area of showers was over Etowah, DeKalb and Cherokee Counties. A wet ride tonight on I-59 from Reece City up to near … Continue reading →

10 PM FAST FACTS LOCATION…21.8N/80.8W…OR 200 MILES SSE OF KEY WEST MOVEMENT…WNW 13 TOP WINDS…80 MPH CENTRAL PRESSURE…967 MB Hurricane Ike is moving west along the South Coast of Cuba tonight. Convection is trying to pop up near the center, … Continue reading →

Strong thunderstorms continue over parts of St. Clair, Calhoun and Etowah Counties. The heaviest activity was between Oneona, Ashville and Anniston. A new storm was forming just north of downtown Gadsden. Moderate rain extends back through Talladega, Clay and Tallapoosa … Continue reading →

J.B.’s internet is dead in the water early this afternoon…so I am subbing for him… Here’s the latest on Ike… FAST FACTS…1 PM CDT LOCATION…21.2N/79.1W….250 MILES ESE OF HAVANA (CUBA, NOT JUNCTION) MOVEMENT…W-14 MPH TOP WINDS…100 MPH CENTRAL PRESSURE…965 MB … Continue reading →

The evening run of the GFS model has shifted significantly east…carrying Ike to the northwest, but turning it north late in the week and stalling it off the Southeast Louisiana coast into the weekend, waiting on a bigger trough that … Continue reading →

FAST FACTS…10 PM CDT LOCATION: 21.1N/75.8W MOVEMENT: W-13 MPH MAX WINDS: 120 MPH CENTRAL PRESSURE: 945 MB …If Ike continues on its present westerly course, it will spend less time over Cuba and get back over water more quickly. This … Continue reading →

Isaac Cline was the Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau Office in Galveston Texas. Cline knew a lot about tropical cyclones. Enough to know that one was approaching his prosperous city. But Cline and his superiors in Washington had no … Continue reading →