September 10th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Hurricane Ike is now firmly in the Gulf of Mexico and showing signs of strengthening. Convection continues to rapidly grow around the center of circulation and the central dense overcast is growing larger and more impressive over the last several hours. The upper level environment is extremely favorable as a ridge over the Gulf Coast [...]
September 9th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Hurricane Ike has once again been moving further south than what was forecasted, which has allowed Hurricane Ike to move over the waters south of the Island of Cuba and the Island of Youth (yes, I checked it is actually called that according to google maps and Wikipedia). As a result, the interaction of the [...]
July 23rd, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Hurricane Dolly is quickly approaching the Texas coast this morning and will make landfall in the next 6 hours right around Brownville, Texas. Dolly this morning has a well developed eye wall this morning and strengthening up to land fall can be expected. As Dolly approaches the coast, the hurricane will move over very warm [...]