There have been a lot of wild rumors floating around the interwebs during the past few weeks regarding the possibility for some serious cold air dropping south out of Canada. Rumors of a foot of snow in Mississippi and Alabama, sub-zero wind chills in Florida, and an ice storm for the entire Texas Gulf Coast top the list of improbable… Read more →
The NWS forecast for tonight and Sunday night feature some pretty chilly temperatures across the Gulf Coast. Here is a look at some of those numbers from Pivotal Weather for tomorrow night (during the eclipse, btw): Cold as Ice Temperatures tumbling into the 20s Sunday night means protecting plants, pets, exposed pipes and checking in on people who don’t have… Read more →
Direct impacts? None. Well, almost none. As it looks right now, it is about as close to zero as a tropical system can get. The forecast does not call for zero indirect affects. But direct impacts? Nah. In short.. Tropical Storm Beryl is going to barely survive its trip into the Caribbean. It is unlikely it will make it much… Read more →
Matt Lanza, a meteorologist for an energy company in Houston, spent some time earlier this year researching the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard. It was a widespread winter weather outbreak across the Gulf Coast region around Valentine’s Day in 1895. You can check out the article here: Space City Rewind: Houston’s Great Snow of 1895 At the National Weather Association Annual… Read more →
Matt Haworth, meteorologist for StormGeo, presented research connecting Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures to severe weather potential along the Gulf Coast. “Basically I expanded on a study done by Roger Edwards and Steven Weiss out of the Storm Prediction Center done in 1996,” Haworth said. “I expanded the study to include the areas within 100 miles of the Gulf… Read more →
