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Surfs up! Flossie is about to begin lashing Hawaii's big island with strong winds, heavy rain, and some big waves. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for all but the northernmost islands, which are still under watches. It seems the tropical storm season is beginning to wake up, and its chose an unusual place to …
Continue reading TS FLOSSIE takes aim at Hawaii: Why is it so invulnerable to hurricanes?
Good afternoon everyone, Before I begin talking about one of my favorite subjects in all of meteorology, let's check on Andrea. Andrea is still a tropical storm (somehow, it's gone over a lot of land). It's over North Carolina and is moving northeast. It's created a few tornadoes and some flash flooding, but overall it's …
Good afternoon everyone, I'll be on vacation over the next week and a half so this will be my last post for a bit. There's a lot to talk about with Isaac right now so lets get to it. Right now Isaac is a tropical storm south of Hispanola with 60 mph winds. It's currently …
Hello all, Quick post tonight. Wanted to discuss Isaac a tad. The models have been pushing Isaac's track to the west over the last 24 hours. All of Florida remains a possibility but southern Florida and into the eastern gulf seem more likely. A look at some of the models: At the moment the storm …
Good evening all, Sorry for the gap in posts, I'll try to solve that in the next few days. If you've been following the Twitter feed (@wildcardweather) today it was mostly Isaac-related retweets. It's late August and the tropics are really getting active. Statistically, late August into September is the most active time for tropical …
Continue reading The coming storm: Isaac takes aim at Hispanola, Cuba, Florida
Hello everyone, Story of the day is still Ernesto even though it has no bearing on weather in the United States. To be honest I'd like to move on from the subject and on to something new, so lets run through the major points on Ernesto. Ernesto made landfall on the Yucatan last night while …
Continue reading Ernesto makes landfall, set to make landfall again
Happy Sunday everyone, Sorry about the lack of posts the past few days. I'm going to have something prepared tomorrow on the conditions that are beneficial to hurricane formation and strengthening. In the meantime I want to run through some of the bigger stories in weather right now. The tropics are finally active! After a …
Continue reading Tropical Storms Ernesto and Florence (and Curiosity’s set to land!)
