Tag Archive for 'Gulf Coast'
November 11th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
This week is certainly going to end on the very wet side as a storm gets it’s act together over the eastern third of the nation through Saturday morning.
I’m going to jump right to Thursday afternoon. The most interesting aspect of this period is the small yet intense southern branch disturbance that moves from the [...]
November 11th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
The pattern is becoming more amplified and we will begin to feel the effects of the amplification by Wednesday night.
First, it’s interesting to see that all model guidance now keeps the southern branch disturbance not only separate, but nearly shears the disturbance apart as the northern branch of the Jet Stream dominates the eastern United [...]
November 9th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
All of the indications are showing up for the upper level pattern to become increasingly amplified with a defined and deep trough in the East that will lead to a very stormy end of the week.
As the southern and northern branch both amplify towards Thursday, a low pressure system will track towards the Ohio [...]
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
Remember the rule I discussed about two months back about the teleconnection between tropical systems in the Pacific and the pattern over North America? Well, here is another example of just such a connection and why this hint in the future weather pattern gives us an idea what to expect for next week.
As seen in [...]
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 [...]
September 8th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
All eyes are obviously on Hurricane Ike this morning and will likely continue to be on the minds of the public along the Gulf Coast through this week.
The good news with Hurricane Ike is that the hurricane is moving over central Cuba and weakening rapidly from a category 4 to category 2 hurricane in [...]
September 7th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Hurricane Ike is once again a major Category 4 Hurricane that is currently impacting the southern Islands of the Bahamas. This dangerous and deadly hurricane is on a track to slam into northeastern Cuba and track along the northern side Cuba over the next three days. Those living in Cuba are in for a very [...]
August 31st, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Hurricane Gustav this morning is looking a little ragged this morning as the hurricane reorganizes the central eye wall and overall structure after going over western Cuba. Remember, I warned that Gustav will go through pulses up and down through the stretch of life of this hurricane. This does NOT mean that Gustav will continue [...]
August 30th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
This evening, the impact from crossing over western Cuba is showing in the latest satellite pictures for Hurricane Gustav. Although I expect this weakening to only be temporary, the once clear eye has clouded over and closed, the cloud tops have also warmed slightly, and the central dense overcast is not as concentrated as seen [...]