A cold front is going to drop down into the Gulf tomorrow, slow and meander into the weekend. It is possible that a non-tropical area of low pressure could form along it late tomorrow or Thursday. Should a low form,…
The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Invest 94L to Tropical Depression Three (TD-3). Late this morning, an ASCAT pass revealed that 94L had become more organized, with a closed low-level circulation having formed. With marginally conducive environmental conditions, it was…
Invest 94L has tracked into the Bahamas, and is now moving just north of west. Analysis Convection has increased this morning. This increase can probably be attributed to less dry air at the mid level of the atmosphere. Despite the…
A surface trough just east of the Bahamas has been designated Invest 94L by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Low chance of development Wind shear is generally low. However, there is quite a bit of dry air present at the…
A cold is going to drop down into the Gulf Coast early next week. This will likely allow for below-average temperatures (see figure 1). It will still be hot. But, overall, temperatures should run a few degrees lower than normal.…
Back this spring, it appeared that El Niño would stick around through the summer, and possibly into fall. This is no longer the case, however. ENSO-neutral likely The weak El Niño present in the Pacific is now expected to fade…
Barry is now well inland, centered over northwest Louisiana (see figure 1). As of the 7 AM CDT advisory, maximum sustained winds were down to 45 MPH. Impacts continue into tomorrow Several large rain bands are rotating across eastern Louisiana…
Barry has made landfall near Intracoastal City, Louisiana according to the National Hurricane Center. As of the 1 PM CDT advisory, Barry is now weakening having moved inland, and is once again a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of…
Barry is now a category 1 hurricane. As of the 10 AM CDT advisory, maximum sustained winds were estimated to be 75 MPH, with a pressure of 993 millibars. Movement was to the northwest at 6 MPH. The upgrade was…
Tropical Storm Barry got stronger overnight. As of the 7 AM CDT advisory, maximum sustained winds were up to 70 MPH, with a minimum central pressure of 991 millibars. The turn to the northwest has finally occurred. Based on satellite,…