The National Hurricane Center (NHC) will be implementing a new experimental cone graphic to display critical watches and warnings for inland counties during hurricane season. Announced in January, the change will be put into practice “on or around Aug. 15” and will better communicate wind hazard risks. “This change will give us a more complete […]
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and the National Weather Service are recognizing this week as Severe Weather Awareness Week. Drawing attention to several weather hazards, the campaign aims to share information on how to prepare and respond to natural disasters. Each day will have a corresponding topic. Information will be shared over Facebook, […]
A few rounds of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms will move across the state, beginning Saturday afternoon. The primary band of heavy rain is expected to reach the Florida Panhandle early Saturday afternoon before approaching the west coast of Florida near sunrise Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms will continue across the state for much of Sunday. […]
Florida’s wildfire season, which runs from the spring through the mid-summer, may feature fewer acres burned this coming year thanks to above average winter rainfall due to the onset of El Niño. Florida’s wildfire season is closely linked to El Niño events. The climate pattern causes an uptick in wintertime storms across Florida and above […]
Periods of heavy rain and gusty thunderstorms are possible over Florida’s far western Panhandle through the weekend. As a local flash flood threat mounts for locations like Panama City and Pensacola, the remainder of the Sunshine State will be blanketed by above average temperatures. On Wednesday afternoon, a strong ridge of high pressure was centered […]
Sub-freezing temperatures are in the forecast for North Florida and the Panhandle both Saturday and Sunday morning. Widespread lows in the 20’s are expected by Sunday morning, and if the forecast verifies, this could be the coldest that many locations have gotten since mid-January 2023. On Friday a cold front that stemmed from yet another […]
Residents of the Panhandle woke up to an uncommon sight on Tuesday morning: Snow flurries and freezing rain. The conditions were brought on by the passage of a strong cold front through the Mississippi Valley and the Southeast. Radar scans on Tuesday morning showed sleet and wintry mix over far western parts of Florida’s Panhandle. […]
The coldest air of the season so far is expected to arrive to Florida on Tuesday night. This airmass closely trails a cold front that continues to produce wintry precipitation and thunderstorms across the northern half of the state Tuesday afternoon. Near and below freezing temperatures are expected across Florida's Panhandle and the northern half […]
