Weather, Storms & Hurricane Blog

 
Well, we’ve made it to the last day of June, and I for one am happy to see July coming into view. The tropics should become a tad more active as we move into early July, my summer time thunderstorm season here in Florida is in full gear, and waterspout season becomes pretty active around […]

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Yesterday not only brought funnels over the mainland and water spouts in the Tampa Bay area and Florida Keys, but also brought much needed rainfall over Lake Okeechobee where it is so desperately needed. The Florida drought of 2007 has dropped the lake level to below 9 Feet when it should be around 15 feet […]

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I was heading west today, back towards Lake Okeechobee after spending much of the day along the coast, when I came across a developing thunderstorm. This storm was moving west-northwest and was between western metro West Palm Beach and the eastern rim of Lake Okeechobee. This area is known for the daily lake breeze boundary […]

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Deep tropical moisture filtering into the area later today as a tropical wave that’s currently moving into the Bahamas, reaches our coast by afternoon. Heavy rains at the beaches, with thunderstorms over the mainland is expected over the next 24-36 hours with the passage of the wave. It’s a moisture thick morning out there, and […]

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As we near the end of June, the tropics have pretty much been quiet during the first 4 weeks of Hurricane Season 2007. We’ve had a few invests, but nothing ever came of the them. There still remains some decent shear over the tropical zones, and a lot of dry air. This is typical most […]

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I have been taking a nice weekend break from computers, camera’s and forecast models, thus the non blog update on Saturday. Enjoying the first weekend of summer 2007 and it’s be a real nice one so far weather-wise. It’s hot, sticky and humid just like I like it! Tropical thick air, and afternoon sea breezes […]

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Were going to dry out some over the weekend as the upper-level low east of Florida pulls away, and as some wrap-around dry air filters into the area. Looking for a few isolated storms then dry into the weekend. The summer rains have been nice though, helping with the drought and with my SDS. The […]

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