Air Force recon recently found a 161 knot flight level wind in Ike. Intensity held at 135 mph making it a category four hurricane. Central pressure 949 millibars. Ike is affecting the southern Bahamas. No other changes.

532 WTUS82 KKEY 071014 HLSKEY URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 614 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008 …IKE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS… .AT 500 AM EDT…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE … Continue reading →

Fog is very dense across North and Central Alabama this morning. Several comments from Skywatchers and others about its thickness this morning. In spots, visibilities may be near zero. Dense fog advisories are in effect for North and Central Alabama. … Continue reading →

NOTES ON IKE: There is not much consensus in the GFS ensemble track guidance. This is where the model is seeded with slight variations in the initial conditions and run over and over. The results are all over the board. … Continue reading →

Hanna is outta here. Losing tropical characteristics and moving northeast away from the United States. 000 WTNT33 KNHC 070856 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 42 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082008 500 AM EDT SUN SEP 07 … Continue reading →

The NWS Huntsville has issued a Dense Fog Advisory for Franklin, Lincoln and Moore Counties in Tennessee and Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan, Marshall, Jackson, De Kalb, and Cullman Counties in Alabama till 9:00 AM CDT. South of … Continue reading →

1974’s Hurricane Carmen is one of the storms that I remember most from my childhood. On Friday, September 6th, I was a seventh grader starved for any kind of weather information and a storm like Carmen generated a lot of … Continue reading →

Ike back to Cat Four… Lots of speculation about the future track of Ike. First the facts as of 4 p.m. CDT LOCATION …21.4 N…69.7 W or 810 miles ESE of Key West. MOVEMENT…WSW at 15 mph MAX WINDS…increased to … Continue reading →

Let’s get Hanna out of the way first this afternoon. Hanna is just southwest of Dover, Delaware this afternoon. Top winds now 50 mph. Moving NE at 28 mph. Will skim the coast, probably staying inland for the most part. … Continue reading →

Hurricane Hunters just found a 144 knot flight level wind, so the intensity is increased to 115 mph. The central pressure is 956 mb. WTNT34 KNHC 061748 TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 22A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI … Continue reading →