Update 11 am: Tropical Storm Emily came ashore midday Monday near Bradenton with maximum winds of 45 mph. The storm prompted a Tornado Warning in Manatee County where the heaviest wind and rain band hit just before 11 am. The Tampa was spared the worst from Tropical Storm Emily, and conditions should begin improving in the […]

Rare summer front moves into central Florida Will stall and linger for days Repeating rounds of heavy rain likely A cold front doesn't typically touch Florida from June to September. It's not unheard of though, for one to tease the northern part of the state and bring a period of unsettled weather.  However, what's likely […]

Heaviest rain north Mon-Tue Shifts south rest of the week Locally heavy rainfall possible A stalled front and tropical moisture will team up to produce higher than normal rain chances across the Florida Panhandle and northern sections of the peninsula early in the week, shifting south during the second half of the week. Deeper moisture […]

Two weak weather systems (other than the sea breezes) will affect the forecast across Florida this week. Both, at different times and in separate locations, will limit sunshine and produce periods of heavy rain. A stalled front will dissipate slowly across north Florida early in the week, acting on an area of deeper moisture already […]

The National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Four late Wednesday evening. The system was located about 1500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and was moving west-northwest at 14 mph. The classification of the season's fourth cyclone was based on satellite data and surface observations from nearby ships. More from @NHC_Atlantic: Defined […]

Since 1851, only three tropical cyclones have formed in the central or eastern Atlantic during the first ten days of July. The National Hurricane Center says it may happen this week.

June was unusually active in tropics Extremely rare in main development region No threats to Florida through the 4th Three named storms down, and the first month of the Atlantic Hurricane season isn't even over yet.  That alone is a bit unusual. The third named storm doesn't typically form (on average) until early August. It's […]

Florida could use a break. From the rain, that is. If you had any doubt the severe drought is over, this animation from the past month should help. Not only is the drought over, the June deluge has been relentless. In many cities, more rain has fallen in the first 23 days of June than […]