The United Stated Air Force accomplishes hundreds of flying missions across the world every day. But one flight has a purpose like no other. “Flying through hurricanes is a major adjustment for most any flier. People are trained to avoid the weather, and we’re here deliberately making multiple passes through the largest weather systems on […]
Most of the public schools in Charlotte and Lee Counties finally opened last week, the last in the state to do so following Hurricane Ian. Students returning to school have lost out on weeks of instruction, putting them behind on the year’s planned curriculum. But more serious, say some experts, are long-term effects on a […]
The Hurricane Hunters of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi fly dozens of missions into tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center. They gather critical weather data that will be applied to the tropical outlooks and computer models designed […]
For the National Hurricane Center to gather the information it needs to create its critical forecasts, a special group of specialized airmen need to travel directly into the storm. The men and women of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also called the “Hurricane Hunters,” are located at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. They […]
A cold front will approach from the Mississippi River Valley Tuesday and could produce a line of strong storms and damaging winds in the Panhandle Tuesday. Surface analysis Monday depicts a strong low pressure located over the Red River Valley in the Upper Midwest. Tightly packed isobars, or lines of equal pressure, surrounding this surface […]
La Niña is expected to lead to a warmer and drier winter across Florida during the upcoming winter season for the third consecutive winter. For only the third time since record-keeping began in the late 1800s, a "triple dip" La Niña event is expected according to the latest outlook issued by the Climate Prediction Center. […]
With three weeks having passed since Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, some are still finding it hard to feed themselves and obtain basic household supplies. State agencies like the Florida Department of Emergency Management is pivoting away from offering immediate assistance, like food and water, and towards long-term recovery assistance as communities begin to […]
A Freeze Warning is in effect Tuesday night into Wednesday morning over Florida’s western Panhandle. Temperatures could fall below freezing before dawn on Wednesday, thanks to the arrival of an early season cold front. On Tuesday morning, a cold front pushed through the Panhandle and North Florida. The boundary is forecasted to track the entire […]
