by John Galt May 20, 2012 07:00 ET In what can only be described with the word “ugh” as in here we go again, the first tropical storm of the season has formed off of the coast of South Carolina. Alberto is the earliest tropical storm to form since 2008 and almost three weeks before the official start of the hurricane season. With that little gem of good news, a reminder that the satellite photos and graphics from the NHC update themselves automatically, model…
By John Galt August 13, 2011 – 09:00 ET This is not a threat to the U.S. so this will be the only advisory I post. I just find it interesting that the season has now really started to crank up with other areas as threats as this Mariner’s Rule map demonstrates: 000 WTNT31 KNHC 130837 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062011 500 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011 …THE SIXTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE…
By John Galt August 4, 2011 Here we go again boys and girls as 91L grew up while I was on the air. The storm appears to be somewhat more interesting now with the path but model forecasts are still way to early to be precise. 8/4 1700ET update: And just like that, poof, it’s gone…. Satellite photos will update automatically… Infrared view: Tracking Map/Watches/Warnings from the NHC: From the Southwest Florida Water Management District model page: (CLICK TO ENLARGE/REDUCE) From Colorado State University’s…
By John Galt July 30, 2011 It would appear that July might mew out like a kitten with a very weak storm named Don, but with the activity picking up in the Atlantic basin August could be roaring in like 2005. I personally hope not because who wants to go through that again. From the National Hurricane Center in Miami: (CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE or REDUCE SIZE) This will probably be the last satellite photo for this thread we’ll see today before I…
By John Galt July 18, 2011 ******* If it moves further out to see with no indication of moving towards the North, coverage will cease at 1700 tomorrow if it is no threat to the U.S. ******* Tropical Storm Bret, Public Advisory 5 1700 EDT: 000 WTNT32 KNHC 182056 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022011 500 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2011 …BRET STRENGTHENS AS IT HEADS AWAY FROM THE BAHAMAS… SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT…2100…
By John Galt June 1, 2011 All is calm? Uh, I don’t think so… The economy is a disaster. Hurricane season begins today. Are you prepared? Check out this series by clicking on this link from Impact Weather on the errors people make in Hurricane Preparedness. You can download the program by clicking on this link. Or click below to listen to the program here (FYI, compressed to 32K because it was over 2 hours):
By John Galt June 1, 2011 Well, it might as well start off with a band, besides, we need the rain. More info and graphics at Weather Underground. And from the NHC:
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