Above average temperatures and dry conditions this winter across much of the state have resulted in the development of widespread drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor updates every Thursday and the latest update from March 30 shows increasingly intense drought conditions across the Sunshine State. Areas hit hard by Hurricane Ian just over six months ago […]

After Hurricane Ian made landfall just over 6 months ago, the National Hurricane Center announced today the storm briefly reached Category 5 status before slamming into southwest Florida. It was just last Wednesday that the World Meteorological Organization forever retired “Ian” from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names due to the death and […]

Those in the path of tropical cyclones will now have two more days to prepare. Beginning this year, the graphical outlook tool from the National Hurricane Center will be extended from five to seven days. The National Hurricane Center said in an update of its products that two-day outlooks will still be available in addition […]

The same system that brought severe weather to Texas and Oklahoma Thursday will bring the potential for a few strong and severe storms to the Panhandle Friday. A deepening area of low pressure over Lake Superior was observed on surface analysis Friday afternoon. Trailing that dynamic low pressure was an elongated cold front, stretching from […]

Strong storms with damaging wind and isolated tornadoes are forecast to move into the Panhandle and North Florida Friday as a cold front slides through the region. A ridge of high pressure will keep weather tranquil over the Sunshine State through Thursday. To the west, an area of low pressure is forecast to bring severe […]

While much of the country is experiencing snow storms and ice, above-average temperatures are arriving in the Sunshine State this week. Pensacola, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Lakeland, Tampa, Fort Myers and Key West are all forecasted to break their daily records for high temperature. Several more cities such as Gainesville, Sarasota, Naples and Vero […]

A powerful spring-like system is bringing heavy snow to the Midwest and the risk of tornadoes and wind to the Southeast Thursday into Friday. Surface analysis Thursday depicts an area of low pressure draped across the Ohio River Valley, with an attendant cold front sweeping across the Deep South. While the cold air associated with […]

Strong storms capable of producing damaging winds and hail are possible Thursday into Friday across the Panhandle ahead of an approaching late-week cold front. Surface analysis Wednesday depicts an area of low pressure that will push out of the Four Corners region and into the Great Plains through midweek. While the cold air associated with […]