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General Discussion: Hurricane Matthew has produced very heavy rainfall resulting in severe flooding, damaging winds, and dangerous storm surge in Haiti and Cuba on Tuesday, and is continuing to affect the islands into Tuesday night. Exact amounts of damage ad … Continue reading →

General Discussion: Hurricane Matthew has remained a category 4 hurricane almost non-stop since late Friday night, and is now moving north towards the Windward Passage. Matthew will slowly move between Haiti and Cuba through Tuesday, possibly making a landfall on … Continue reading →

General Discussion: Hurricane Matthew has intensified much faster than anticipated over the last two days, and as of Friday evening became a category 5 hurricane. This is the first category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Basin since Hurricane Felix in … Continue reading →

General Discussion: Please always consult the National Hurricane Center, your local weather service office, and emergency officials when making hurricane related decisions. Tropical Storm Matthew brought heavy rains and strong winds to a large portion of the Lesser Antilles on … Continue reading →

General Discussion: A strong tropical wave will likely become a tropical storm before reaching the Windward Islands Tuesday night into Wednesday. The storm will then track through the eastern Caribbean, possibly close to the southern Caribbean Islands and northern South … Continue reading →

Hurricane warnings are in affect for a portion of the Florida coastline; Hermine is a strong tropical storm and is expected to intensify into a hurricane before landfall this evening. The rain and wind remain lopsided, with the southern and … Continue reading →

The thoughts in this post are mine and are not considered official. Official forecasts can be found at: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov (Hurricane Center) http://www.weather.gov (National Weather Service) http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/ (Central Pacific Hurricane Center) Hurricane Madeline is tracking towards Hawaii as a hurricane. The … Continue reading →

As is always the case with tropical cyclones near the US, the following disclaimer is needed: Although I’m a meteorologist, I’m not the official source for hurricane information. Follow the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service at: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov and … Continue reading →

The preliminary storm reports compiled by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for Wednesday afternoon and evening depict quite a story: an extremely high concentration of tornado reports from northwest of Indianapolis through the Fort Wayne area all the way to … Continue reading →

We have three tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean right now; two of them are designated tropical cyclones (Tropical Depression Fiona and Tropical Storm Gaston), one of them is still not designated (Invest 99L), and only one may have an … Continue reading →