Severe Weather looks likely for some folks in the Pine Belt as a line of showers and storms roll through the area late Monday and into Tuesday morning. Threats Heavy rain (but not a lot, sadly) with up to 1″ possible for most, damaging wind up to 75mph, small hail, and a few isolated tornadoes will be possible. The latest… Read more →
Here are some snippets from the 11AM advisory from the National Hurricane Center: At 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Matthew was located in the Gulf of Gonave near latitude 18.9 North, longitude 74.3 West. Matthew is moving toward the north near 10 mph (17 km/h). On this track the eye of Matthew will move over the… Read more →
The latest on Hurricane Matthew as of this posting is in from the National Hurricane Center. This is still a very powerful Category Four storm with winds at 145mph and a central pressure of 934mb. Looking to set the new record for longest “major” hurricane since 2010, Hurricane Matthew is set to pass Hurricane Joaquin if it keeps chugging along… Read more →
As we wrote the other day, hurricane intensity is a tough thing to forecast. Even with localized wind shear around Matthew and only warm – but not extreemely warm – water under it, the storm grea overnight into a Category 3 storm. Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Center: Most of the forecast models indicate the storm will… Read more →
The National Hurricane Center again skipped the Depression stage and turned Invest 97L directly into Tropical Storm Matthew. Just like last time, this isn’t terribly uncommon. Or terribly common. It just is. So, now that we have Matthew, why should you care? What is in a name, right? Shakespeare was a smart guy, wasn’t he? In this case, a name… Read more →
