It rained all day Saturday in Cedar Key. Literally ALL day. A few miles to the north in Cross City, measurable rain had fallen 42 of the previous 72 hours (as of 5 pm Saturday). And this may be just the beginning of a seemingly continuous rain for days in parts of North Florida. Why […]

Since Tropical Storm Colin arrived June 6, it has been unusually dry in much of Florida. July was especially dry, with many locations entering August more than four inches behind normal in the rain gauge. The largest deficits were across eastern sections of Florida and along portions of the Gulf coast north of Tampa.   Much of […]

Hurricane Earl has formed in the Western Caribbean.  Hurricane Hunters found sustained winds up to 75 mph near the former tropical storm's center Wednesday afternoon.  The National Hurricane Center has issued Hurricane Warning for the Bay Islands, the north coast of Honduras, Belize, and parts of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. As of 5 pm, Earl was located […]

Hurricane Hunters flew into Invest 97 Tuesday morning and found a closed low-level center of circulation and wind gusts up to 54 mph. For this reason, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Earl. Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for Belize, parts of Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. As of 12 pm Tuesday, […]

Seemingly on cue with the flip of the calendar, a tropical storm is likely to develop in the Caribbean soon. A disturbance south of Puerto Rico, currently referred to as Invest 97, is likely to become the season’s fifth tropical storm by midweek. Based on satellite data coming in Monday morning, it may even happen sooner […]

Update Thursday 4pm: The National Hurricane Center has identified a second area of interest in the Atlantic. Invest 96 is located 1700 miles east-southeast of the LeeWard Islands. This tropical wave is further west, or closer to North America, than Invest 97, which was identified on Wednesday. Invest 97 has been given a "low" chance […]

[ebs_notification type="alert-info" close="false" ] - Unusually dry air (for this time of year) has arrived - Below average rain chances through Thursday - Typical summer pattern resumes by the weekend [/ebs_notification]   It will be unusually hot and dry from Tallahassee to Miami over the next three days. Floridians are no strangers to the July heat. […]

[ebs_notification type="alert-info" close="false" ]  - July has proven to be a quiet month in the tropics.  - No storms expected in the next five days  - Three times as many storms typically form in August [/ebs_notification]   Busy Early, Quiet Since Four named storms, including one hurricane, have already come and gone.  Two of these […]