Author Archives: Scott Brown
Lorenzo Becomes Extratropical; Still Expected To Bring Wind & Rain To Ireland & Parts Of The UK
Lorenzo has completed its transition into a powerful extratropical cyclone and this will be the last NHC advisory on this system. Continue reading
More Record-Breaking Heat; Plus, Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Jefferson & Shelby Counies
While Tuesday was another record-setting day across North and Central Alabama as far as those high temperatures, your Wednesday looks to be as hot, if not hotter, as more records are expected to fall. Continue reading
Records Fall On Monday, More Likely To Be Set Today
Skies will be mostly sunny throughout the day and any clouds that do form with the heating of the day will do very little in providing any heat relief. Continue reading
Lorenzo Remains A Major Hurricane, Now Moving Northward
Lorenzo is expected to be nudged north-northeastward and then northeastward starting in 36 hours by strong ridging building over the western Atlantic. Continue reading
Blast Furnace Continues Pumping In The Heat
The blast furnace will continue to pump heat into Central Alabama throughout the next seven days. Continue reading
Lorenzo Weakens To A Category 3 Hurricane, Remains Very Large
The satellite appearance of Lorenzo has degraded further since the last advisory, with only a hint of an eye still apparent in visible imagery and the cold cloud tops in the eyewall becoming very asymmetric in infrared imagery. Continue reading
Last Update On Karen As She Degenerates Into A Surface Trough
This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system. Continue reading
Karen Downgraded To A Depression, May Become A Remnant Low At Any Time
Karen has moved out from beneath an upper-level anticyclone and is now feeling the effects of 15-20 kt of northwesterly shear. Continue reading
Lorenzo Weakens A Little; Still A Category 4 Hurricane
There is no change in the track forecast philosophy or the forecast confidence, as Lorenzo should turn northward and then northeastward during the next few days as it moves around the western edge of a mid-level ridge centered over the eastern Atlantic. Continue reading
Extremely Powerful Lorenzo Strengthens A Little More
Both dynamical and statistical guidance is suggesting that the hurricane is nearing peak intensity. Continue reading
