Author Archives: Scott Brown
Idalia is Starting to Strengthen a Little This Evening
On the forecast track, the center will move over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Monday and Tuesday, and approach the northeastern Gulf coast late Tuesday. Continue reading
CANCELED – Severe T-Storm Warning for Parts of DeKalb County Until 6:45 pm
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for portions of DeKalb County until 6:45 pm this evening. At 611 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rainsville, and is nearly stationary. Continue reading
Hurricane Watches & Storm Surge Watches Issued Ahead of Idalia’s Arrival
The 4 pm update is out, and while there has been no change in Idalia’s strength at this point, the National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane and storm surge watches for portions of the Florida Gulf Coast. Continue reading
It’s Midday & It’s Another Sweltering Day
There is a wide range of temperatures across the area as we are seeing lower to mid 80s in the northwest, to already hitting 100 degrees down in portions of the southeast parts of Central Alabama. Continue reading
TD-10 Strengthens into Tropical Storm Idalia
Observations from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Tropical Depression Ten has strengthened into Tropical Storm Idalia. Continue reading
Sunday Weather Briefing — Another Steamer with Strong Storms Possible
We can expect scattered storms for today through Tuesday across the area, then our attention focuses on the Gulf Coast as we’ll have a hurricane making landfall early on Wednesday. Continue reading
TD 10 Update: Tropical Storm Formation Likely on Sunday
We are looking at the depression strengthening during the next few days and could become a hurricane over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, bringing a potential of dangerous storm surge, heavy rainfall, and strong winds to portions of the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle by the middle of next week. Continue reading
TD 10 Nearly Stationary over the Yucatán Peninsula
At this point, no new developments with TD 10, except for a very slow crawl to the northwest has started since the last update. Continue reading
Invest 93L Has Now Become Tropical Depression #10
It has happened… Invest 93L has become better organized and the National Hurricane Center now classifies the system as a tropical depression. Continue reading
EXPIRED – Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northeastern Jackson County Until 3 pm
At 225 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stevenson, or 7 miles southwest of Bridgeport, moving southwest at 15 mph. Continue reading
