September 7, 2024
Slow-moving front, low pressure keeps high rain chances for northern Florida, flood risk

Flood watches will continue to be in effect across the Panhandle through Saturday evening, specifically for areas south of Tallahassee through Apalachicola westward over Panama City and to p just east and outside of Pensacola. Flood watches and warnings could likely be issued for areas more east across the Panhandle and North Florida overnight into […]

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September 6, 2024
Buyer Beware: Lemon Car Sales On The Rise in Florida after hurricanes/floods

Cars that are damaged from flooding during natural disasters are being sold nationwide at an alarming rate. Carfax, the vehicle history reporting website estimates more than 450,000 cars were damaged in tropical flood waters last hurricane season, that’s about 50,000 more flooded cars from the 2022 hurricane season. So far the 2024 hurricane season has […]

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September 5, 2024
Florida's super soaker drags on, flood risk increases

Heavy rainfall has been the norm this week across much of the state this week. The latter part of the week comes with higher than normal chances, especially over North Florida and the Panhandle where the stationary front will be barely moving on Friday. Its main movement will be from west to east dragging all […]

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September 3, 2024
What is it about stalled fronts? What risks do they bring?

Some will say it is Pumpkin Spice season, but Floridians could say more it is stalled front season. After all, we enter the season where fronts start to gain a bit more forward speed from the north, but there are still winds that put the brakes on the front, making them stall either over the […]

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September 3, 2024
Labor Day Weekend Sets New Hurricane Seasonal Record

This past Labor Day weekend broke a hurricane seasonal record, not for activity, but lack thereof. For the first time since in almost three decades, there wasn’t a tropical storm in the Atlantic basin between Aug. 21 to Sept. 2. That hasn’t happened since 1997, more than 27 years ago. As you probably know, historically, […]

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August 30, 2024
Hurricane Idalia: A Look Back, One Year Later

Just after sunrise on August 30th 2023, Hurricane Idalia became the first major hurricane on record to hit near Keaton Beach, in Florida’s Big Bend. Idalia brought a devastating storm surge of 8-12 feet to the coastline in Levy, Dixie and Taylor counties. Foundations flooded, and roofs toppled in Idalia’s wake. According to the National […]

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August 30, 2024
Florida's Labor Day Weekend forecast and beyond, more rain

Keep the umbrella handy this weekend because aside from the typical afternoon thunderstorms we are expecting some parts of Florida to be impacted by impulses of extra moisture that will aid additional showers and thunderstorms. These rains and storms could come in the morning for some and even overnight. There will also be frequent lightning […]

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August 27, 2024
Saharan dust and the 2024 hurricane season- here’s an update

The National Hurricane Center is becoming more interested in a tropical wave in the mid-Atlantic. Some long-range computer models are also picking up on the possibility of the system developing and moving toward the Caribbean over the weekend or early next week. The wave is taking a more southerly track than other disturbances we’ve seen […]

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