Tampa, Florida, hits 100°F for the first time in 135 years of records
Folks in Tampa, Florida, endured the city’s hottest day in weather history on Sunday when the temperature at Tampa International Airport reached 100°F at 3:30 p.m. local time. The feat arrived as a long-duration heat event roasted much of the…
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Historic Gulf Coast winter storm was the region’s worst in 130 years
A major winter storm blanketed the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the region’s largest winter storm since February 1895. Roads, schools, and businesses were closed throughout the region as communities simply lacked the plows and…
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Destructive winds, widespread flooding likely far inland as Hurricane Idalia makes landfall
Hurricane Idalia is picking up speed toward northern Florida on Tuesday night as the storm continues to grow in strength and size over the sultry waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. This is a deadly serious threat for coastal communities in the path of…
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Idalia on track to hit Florida as a major hurricane Wednesday
Idalia could grow into a major hurricane as it aims toward western Florida by the middle of the week. The system “should keep strengthening up to landfall,” according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), which is a scary and…
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Heavy rain, high winds as budding hurricane likely to hit Florida by mid-week
A newly formed tropical depression entering the southern Gulf of Mexico could strengthen in a hurry as it heads toward Florida over the next couple of days. The National Hurricane Center declared a well-organized disturbance near the Yucatan Peninsula as…
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‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Ian Making Landfall In Southwestern Florida
Hurricane Ian was one sneeze away from category five intensity as it careened into southwestern Florida on Wednesday. The storm’s rapid intensification over the steamy waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico saw Ian grow into a high-end category four…
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Hurricane Ian Could Send A Destructive Storm Surge Into Tampa Bay This Week
The only thing scarier than a strong hurricane threatening a major metro area is a strong and slow-moving hurricane threatening a major metro area. Hurricane warnings are in effect for the Tampa Bay area this evening as Hurricane Ian makes a beeline for…
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Flooding Rains Likely For Florida As Tropical System Approaches
The first storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season seems like it’s a lock this afternoon as a robust tropical disturbance—the remnants of Hurricane Agatha from the Pacific—grows more organized in the western Caribbean Sea. Whether or not it…
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Tropical Storm Nestor Set To Hit Florida Saturday With Heavy Rain, Gusty Winds
Tropical Storm Nestor is hauling tail toward Florida’s Gulf Coast this evening. The lopsided storm should make landfall near Apalachicola, Florida, sometime early Saturday morning, bringing much-needed rain to the southeast over the next couple of…
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Florida Will Participate In Autumn If It’s The Last Thing The Other 47 States Do, So Help Us
Florida will soon learn that the terms of autumn are non-negotiable. The Sunshine State will participate in chilly fall mornings even if it’s the last thing the other 47 contiguous states do, so help us. (Alaska can send moose if they want. Hawaii…
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