Category Archives: Gulf Tropical Storms
Harvey: The Sequels
Harvey is the storm that just would not quit. It formed in the Atlantic and died in the Caribbean. It reformed in the Bay of Campeche and now threatens the middle Texas coast as a Cat 2, potentially Cat 3 Major Hurricane. If you live on the Texas coast, between Corpus Christi and Freeport, you […]
Tropical Storm Warning
The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Louisiana Coast from Intracoastal City to the mouth of the Pearl River. A tropical storm warning means tropical storm conditions, with winds in excess of 39 mph are expected in the warning area within the next 48 hours. In this case we could […]
Hermine Grows as She Approaches Florida Panhandle
Tropical Storm Hermine is soon to be Hurricane Hermine as winds spin up and the pressure continues to drop. The good news is that Hermine is approaching land with landfall likely sometime later today. At 10 a.m. Hermine was located at 27.4N 86.0W, about 275 miles SSW of Apalachicola, with sustained winds of 60 knots […]
Hermine???? Updated
A quick update with more to follow as needed. Hurricane Hunter aircraft out of Tampa are in Tropical Depression #9 and it appears we now have a tropical storm. Incoming data shows a wide swath of winds at or above 40 knots in the eastern semicircle, which would make the system easily at tropical storm […]
Tropical Depression 9 Update
Well while many had written it off, Invest 99L did not listen and by Sunday we had Tropical Depression 9 on our hands just north of eastern Cuba. The Hurricane Center quickly jumped back on the bandwagon and issued basically the forecast track we still have right now. That track would take the system, likely […]