Busy

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Hi all. Sorry I couldn't give more of an explanation when I left. We were leaving out of town at the time. Thank you all for your kind comments and emails. I appreciate your concern. We are fine, it's just one of those crazy times when life throws you a bunch of curveballs. Among other things, we may be moving within the next month, so needless to say, if that pans out we will be very busy packing and stuff like that. I doubt I will have much time for the blogs at l...
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Gone for a few

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:32:00 GMT

Something has come up and I will be gone for at least a few days. Fortunately there is nothing in the tropics to worry about right now. Stay safe all!
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TS Blanca in the east Pacific; Possible trouble off the SE US coast

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:06:00 GMT

Tropical Tidbit from 12:00pm EDT Monday, July 6th, 2009:Turn up the volume and click HD if quality is too low:We finally have a named storm in the world: TS Blanca in the eastern Pacific. This was former Invest 94-E, and should have been classified as a depression early yesterday afternoon, and I have no clue why the TPC didn't, but oh well. They waited too long and Blanca burned 'em. She skipped TD status all together and is now a 40kt TS officially but looks more ...
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Tropical Tidbit Topic: El Nino ---Tropics still quiet

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:31:00 GMT

Yesterday I wrote about the effects that El Nino usually has on the Atlantic hurricane season. There have been a lot of questions about it this year, and I decided to make a video explaining El Nino's formation, and how it affects the weather pattern in a way that suppresses hurricane activity in our part of the world. There are many other factors but the ENSO is one of the big ones so it is worth understanding. I had to fit this all into 15 minutes and I had so muc...
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Tropical Tidbit Topic: 2009 Analog Years -- tropics still quiet for now

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Tropical Tidbit from 12:00pm EDT Friday, July 3rd, 2009:There are no areas of imminent threat to develop through the end of this week.However, there is one item of interest which the NHC has mentioned in its tropical outlook. A non-tropical area of low pressure in the NE Atlantic WSW of the Azores has become non-frontal, and has the potential to try to become a sub-tropical system. This low is embedded in the base of an upper shortwave trough that has become cut-off...
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