Ike made landfall in Galveston at around 2-2.30am as a strong cat 2 storm with winds nearing 110mph. He is now inland at 30.5N, 95.3W, but i...

Ike will make landfall soon, and yet another disaster is looming from this storm! The storm surge is now 10ft above predicted levels and ris...

After a day of very strong convection and very cold clouds in the Gulf, Ike has been interacting with the LA/TX coast for the past few hours...

If you are in Galveston, evacuate now - your Emergency Managers, the NWS and the NHC are looking out for your safety. The NWS issued an unpr...

Ike: Just a quick note: The latest pressure fields show landfall most likely in the north TX - west LA area. As far as I can tell, the highe...

From the 5pm (EDT) advisory, Ike's center is somewhere around 26 N, 89.4 W, although there is no clearly visible eye. He has an estimate...

I know, I know, I didn't send out an update yesterday. My bad. I was doing far more fun and interesting things like sitting in different...

Dearie me, you are a suspicious bunch aren't you? ;) I know I may have used the words "Gotta run" more than once re Ike (slip ...

He has continued west today over Cuba - taking him south of the track/center of cone that was forecast yesterday, which is what I thought mi...

Ike made landfall in Cuba at around 9.50pm (EDT) last night as a cat 3, but is now (around 5.30am EDT) a cat 2 with winds of 105 mph, centra...

Ike: Hurray... they officially declared him a cat 3. This is lovely because he has not yet got to Cuba and it looks like he is still weakeni...

Looks like we are back to potential movie titles in the subject header - or possibly a band name? :) Ike: He is an almost-good-looking storm...

Hanna: She is now a weak TS (central pressure 994 mb) with max. winds of 50 mph (TS range: 39-73 mph) and is moving NE at 28 mph. Currently ...

Hanna: She did increase in intensity in the Gulf Stream region, but not quite to hurricane strength, and is mostly a rain event. She made la...

I don't have much time so I'm going to have to put Josephine on hold again for today (sorry Jo). She's out there, she's a we...

Greetings from the UK, which is where I am now. I should just do a travel blog as well at this rate!! I don't have much time cos my ...

You know what I forgot to add to my welcome blurb to the newbies yesterday? The most important part! ... "Welcome... and Enjoy :) ...

Crikey! It's come to my attention that a there are A LOT of new people reading these updates. So for you newbies, here are some ground r...

Tropical Storm-tourist season continues with Hanna, who is apparently enjoying her visit to the Turks & Caicos and southern Bahamas beca...

Well I'm back on planet Earth now and have seen snippets of news during the day and we'll get to that but I wanted to thank everyone...