Hello everyone! With August now nearly half over, we’re approaching the time of year where tropical activity is expected to pick up. With that in mind, I thought it would …

Hello everyone! There are lots of parameters that are used for forecasting the weather, some of which are intuitive (surface temperature, wind speed, etc.), and some of which are far …

Hello everyone! Today’s update on the tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico, now termed Tropical Storm Barry after acquiring a closed center of circulation midday yesterday, will follow a …

Hello everyone! All eyes are on the Gulf of Mexico this morning where a cluster of showers and thunderstorms known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two is trying to become more …

Hello everyone! The US rarely gets direct impacts from tropical waves, and when that does happen it’s almost always confined to parts of southern Florida. Despite the fact that these …

Hello everyone! On Sunday, I talked about a tropical disturbance I was watching in the southern Gulf of Mexico. While that system never developed a coherent enough circulation to be …

Hello everyone! Michael is not slowing down as it prepares to slam into the Florida Panhandle. The storm underwent rapid intensification last night, with its maximum sustained winds now at …

Hello everyone! Pinned Info: This will be my primary blogging interface through the rest of Micheal’s time in the Gulf of Mexico. I posted a full-length analysis update at 11 …

Hello everyone! A tropical disturbance in the northwestern Caribbean is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. This disturbance is likely to organize into a tropical depression …