• No major hurricanes formed in 2013. The last year with no major hurricane formations was 1994.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
It's over!
• No major hurricanes formed in 2013. The last year with no major hurricane formations was 1994.
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Karen's Disorganized & Weakening! Looks like a rain event.
She's dying.
It hasn't rained for a week here in Tampa Bay and we'd take some of her rain but it's headed north/northeast of us. We may get a shower or two tomorrow as the remnants pass by.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Season's First Hurricane Misses Record by Hours
Early this morning, Hurricane Humberto formed far out in the Atlantic Ocean. All weather watchers in Florida were keeping track of whether we'd set a new record for the latest first Atlantic hurricane. The record holder, Gustav, formed on September 11th, 2002. Humberto formed about 3 hours earlier in the morning.
Prior to Gustav, Diana formed on September 10, 1984. The average date for the season's first hurricane is August 10th, based on 1966-2009 averages. And for the first MAJOR hurricane (Cat 3 or higher), it's September 4th. Another data point average is that the third hurricane of the season typically develops by September 9th.
Before we get too excited, we need to point to the Weather Channel's data that shows the lack of hurricanes through August does not necessarily mean we're in the clear or will see less storms than predicted.
And as they point out, an "average" Atlantic hurricane season (1981-2010) would still deliver the following after September 7th and include:
- 7 more named storms
- 4 hurricanes
- 2 major hurricanes
And as a disclaimer, the National Hurricane Center chimes in from their Facebook page:
As a number of folks know, we are approaching a record for the latest formation of the season's first hurricane,
at least in the satellite era. Since 1967, the latest formation of the season's first hurricane was 8 am ET September 11th (Gustav in 2002). As it happens, Humberto is approaching hurricane strength with 8 am on the 11th also just around the corner (to mix a space-time metaphor). So this might be a good time to remind folks that NHC always conducts a post-storm analysis of each tropical cyclone. We usually adjust the final positions and intensities a little bit in this analysis, and sometimes we make substantial adjustments, based on information that we might not have had in real time.
The point being that regardless of when Humberto might become a hurricane in our advisories, the final final call on whether or not we actually set a record will not be determined until the post-storm analysis is complete, several weeks or perhaps even a couple months from now
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Erin forms in Atlantic but rain will come from the Gulf
The potential tropical storm or depression will be a rain maker, even with no further development.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
9 Years Ago Today - Charlie Comes to Florida
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Named Storm Predictions Reduced - Slightly
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Tropical Storm Dorian has formed.....
gusts. Some slight strengthening is possible today...followed by gradual weakening on Thursday as dorian moves over cooler water.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Chantal to only throw rain at Florida
The story from the Tampa Bay Times July 12th.
Monday, July 08, 2013
Tornado just a few miles from us (picture)
Sunday, July 07, 2013
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Humane Society of Pinellas County's Roof Collapses
Tropical Storm Warning Today in Tampa Bay
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Tropical Storm Andrea has formed
Tropical Storm Andrea has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported late this afternoon. It is the first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season.
Andrea will bring heavy rain, gusty winds, rough surf and severe thunderstorms to much of Florida on Thursday, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
It is forecast to cross the Florida peninsula on Thursday before heading up the Eastern Seaboard on Friday and Saturday, delivering heavy rain and thunderstorms from the mid-Atlantic to New England.
Tampa Bay meteorologists are predicting a "rain event". I've turned off my sprinklers.
Meanwhile, there's already trouble:
Swimmers rescued in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach as Tropical Storm Andrea formed in Gulf
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Here we go again!
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Prepare Now for Hurricane Season (via The Ledger)
The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is more than seven weeks away, but already top forecasters are warning residents in storm-affected states, including Florida, to prepare for a busier-than-usual season. An average year has 12 tropical storms, seven of them hurricanes. Predictions for 2013 include…
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Nearly all Sandy insurance claims have been settled
Insurers have settled nearly all of the private insurance claims they’ve received from Hurricane Sandy, a trade group has said. About 93 percent of the 1.5 million claims that insurers have received from the Oct. 29 superstorm have been settled, said the Insurance Information Institute, an industry…