Rather than cleaning up from a hurricane this week, Floridians are gearing up for what will hopefully be a relaxing holiday weekend. The difference between the two outcomes was literally less than 200 miles. Chief of Forecast Operations at the National Hurricane Center James Franklin says what happened with former Tropical Storm Erika was not […]

Tropical Storm Erika proved to be no match for the volatile conditions aloft and the mountainous terrain of Hispaniola. As of 9:30 am Saturday morning, the National Hurricane Center issued their final advisory on the tropical cyclone, stating that hurricane hunters were unable to find an organized center of circulation.  They did mention, however, that […]

Forecasting a tropical storm is very difficult until it matures and a steering pattern can be established. With Erika, we just don't know when that will be. The storm is disorganized and about 100 miles off track from the exact spot it was forecast to be just 24 hours prior.  It's interesting to note, however, that the […]

  Tropical Storm Erika is not Danny. It has a better chance to survive and could be a threat to Florida as early as Monday. The season’s fifth tropical storm is forecast to near The Bahamas as a hurricane this weekend, but confidence is low on what path it may take thereafter. Forecast data suggests […]

Quick on the heels of Danny, Tropical Storm Erika developed late Monday night in the Atlantic. Florida Public Radio Meteorologist Jeff Huffman explains why *this* is one to watch.

Heading in to the weekend, Danny was a major hurricane. This morning, it is barely a tropical storm. But it's not the only thing Meteorologist Jeff Huffman is watching from the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network this morning.

Hurricane Danny is a small, but powerful major hurricane located 850 miles east of the Leeward Islands. As of 5 pm Friday evening, maximum sustained winds had increased to 115 mph and the Category 3 storm was moving WNW at 10 mph.  Based on satellite interpretations by National Hurricane Center meteorologists, hurricane force winds only extended […]

It only took approximately six hours for Danny to intensify from a 50 mph tropical storm to a hurricane Thursday morning with winds of 75 mph.  In the words of the National Hurricane Center, "Danny is an unusually small tropical cyclone". As of their 11 am Thursday advisory, the first hurricane of the season was […]