Beep beep beep, the sirens have gone off: we have a Pacific interloper in the Caribbean! I don't think this one counts for Atlantic stor...

Hello my friends :-) Don't Panic! (phew, got that Douglas Adams quote in early this year). No tropical storms. Yet. ;-) But, alas, I had...

Here we are again my friends, at the culmination of another Atlantic Hurricane season. And you are still reading this blog?!? Goodness me, y...

Ida made landfall earlier today as a weak Tropical Storm with winds of about 50 mph, and very little convection. She then merged with that f...

Ida behaved pretty much as I expected. Good girl! After my entry yesterday she was officially upgraded to a cat 2, and today as she crossed ...

Well there's a couple of bits of good news for you all in this entry. First, Ida's circulation (technically the vorticity) is beginn...

I am pretty sure it should be Hurricane Ida by now, but the cautious NHC are still calling her a tropical storm. Wind speeds are 'offici...

Q: What's this storm going to do? A: I daknow! Hee hee. I spent ALL day thinking of that one. OK, I won't give up my day job yet the...

Oh dear, what a palava! I can just see some of you rolling your eyes when you see the latest track and the apparent sharp right turn Ida is ...

I'm going to go easy on the NHC today because they do, after all, have a tough job. Of course, if I believed Ida was still a hurricane b...

Hey! Thought it was over? Think again. The '09 hurricane season, in true Monty Python style, is running around saying "I'm not ...

Henri isn't looking so hot. A combination of wind shear and dry air took their toll. He still has decent circulation, but sans (another ...

TS Henri. The blob I said we should keep an eye on a couple of days ago has indeed developed and became a TS late yesterday. He's curren...

From the NHC less than 24 hours ago: "TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE FAR NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC." Hey, I live on the far northeastern ...

Wind shear and dry air took their toll on the tropical depression, and it's now just a...er... blobette again. Some things do go away if...

Ha ha ha... Did you really think you'd not be hearing from me again this season? Well, better luck some other year. This year you can bl...

I was too busy having cups of tea with cucumber sandwiches to write an update yesterday, but Fred declined and is now a blob again. There...

As expected, Fred has been detiorating all day and was just officially downgraded to a TS with winds of 70mph, estimated central pressure 98...

Well apparently there are more Scooby Doo fans out there than Fred Astaire! Yes, yesterdays Famous Fred quote was from Fred in Scooby Doo, F...

Fred became a major hurricane (cat 3) this morning, with winds of 120mph (cat 3 range: 111-130mph), but has decreased in intensity since the...