I can't help it. I have to say this... there's absolutely NO WAY the storm I saw in the satellite images at about 4pm this afternoon...

Our friend Omar is still holding on as a tropical storm. Earlier today the NHC said he had intensified and had winds of 70mph (TS: 39-73mph)...

As expected, he's been downgraded to a TS in the 11pm advisory - although they say he probably became a TS a few hours earlier. Winds ar...

It's a sunnier day today. After running through the Anegada Passage (the water between the VIs and the northern leeward islands) as a ca...

Quick update: Omar's eye has just passed clearly east of St. Croix and looks like it won't hit any of the islands as it is now movin...

The storm is now beginnig to cover the VIs. The strongest part of the convection (thunderstorms, tornadoes etc) has reached the eastern PR, ...

Hurricane Omar: He's a little stronger cat 1 this morning with winds near 80mph (cat 1: 74-95mph), central pressure 984mb. The center of...

Hurricane Omar: He continued to intensify this afternoon and evening, and with little wind shear it was indeed a 'little' faster tha...

TS Omar: As we all expected, he's now a Tropical Storm (and actually looks like one :) ). The wind shear is decreasing, and the strong c...

Things no-one expects: 1. The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python) 2. Jar-Jar Binks (Star Wars/George Lucas) 3. A Tampa Bay pro-baseball team ...

TD Nana: As expected, in the wee small hours of the morning she was downgraded to a Tropical Depression (by the 5am advisory in fact). In th...

TS Nana: Hey, guess what...there's another one of those little blobettes out there in the Atlantic. Yes, one of those "shouldn'...

Blink and you'll miss him. I know size isn't everything, but boy is he small! Even the NHC took an alliterative turn yesterday and c...

I know, you probably have other things on your mind today. Like money. The election. Why the world is round. Where did the Dolphins really g...

I disagree. There, got that out of the way right at the beginning. :) Once upon a time, they used to say that a Tropical Storm had to have t...

Before Laura, here's a report from our  Halifax re "Hurricane" Kyle from yesterday: "Blustery winds and some rain in Hal...

TS Kyle: Finally, I agree with the NHC. Phew! In the 11pm advisory, they downgraded Kyle to a Tropical Storm, despite him having had very li...

I heard from an intrepid reporter currently in the Halifax, Canada area and heading towards New Brunswick. Just like Kyle. Oops. The theme f...

I think some of you can guess what I'm about to say in this update... <minor rant alert> The NHC upgraded Kyle to a hurricane at t...

He's been zooming along a N-NNW trajectory at about 13mph for most of the day and is currently located near 27.6N, 68.7W. Maximum winds ...