Here’s a Hype-Free Rundown to Help You Keep Track of Storms This Hurricane Season
The long-lasting impacts of last year’s Atlantic hurricane season makes the arrival of this year’s storm season feel unsettlingly abrupt. The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, but it really started with the formation…
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Subtropical Storm Alberto Makes Landfall on Florida Panhandle
Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall near Laguna Beach, Florida, around 5:00 PM on Monday, with maximum sustained winds of 45 MPH. Laguna Beach is about halfway between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City. The storm will continue to produce heavy rain,…
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Soaking Rains for Southeast as Florida Prepares for Strengthening Tropical Storm
Subtropical Storm Alberto is looking more organized tonight as it moves into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The storm’s outer bands are overspreading the Florida peninsula this evening and bringing heavy rain, gusty winds, and the chance for…
Read MoreTropical Storm Watches Issued for Northern Gulf Coast Ahead of Alberto
Tropical storm watches are now in effect for portions of the northern Gulf Coast ahead of Subtropical Storm Alberto’s expected arrival on Monday. Forecasters expect the system to be a strong tropical storm by the time it makes landfall. While…
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Alberto Will Likely Threaten the Northern Gulf Coast as a Strong Tropical Storm Next Week
And so it begins. The National Hurricane Center has issued its first advisory on newly-minted Subtropical Storm Alberto in the western Caribbean. The storm could intensify into a strong tropical storm as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast early next…
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Flooding Rains, Gusty Winds Likely as Tropical Disturbance Approaches the Gulf of Mexico
This weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer season, so of course it’s going to be absolutely miserable at some of the country’s most popular vacation spots. The National Hurricane Center has given a tropical disturbance in the…
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Major Hurricane Sandra Breaks Two More Records, Ocean Just Showing Off Now
Hurricane Sandra became a major hurricane today—as I figured it would, but who’s keeping score—packing winds of 115 MPH at the 2:00 PM MST advisory. The storm broke the record for the strongest hurricane we’ve ever seen so late in the year in…
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Late-Season Hurricane to Help Bring Snow and Ice to Central Plains Because Weather Is Awesome Like That
Tropical Storm Sandra, a stout and mighty gale blown about a low fomenting several hundred miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico, is the latest tropical storm to form in the eastern Pacific basin since Tropical Storm Winnie popped up in early December 1983.…
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Tropical Depression Attempts to Bribe Santa, Probably Not Successful
It’s satellite images like this that spawn conspiracy theories about our ability to control the weather.
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