Tropical Storm Arlene behaved as expected and made landfall in early hours of this morning (4AM CDT) near Cabo Rojo, Mexico (21.5N, 97.3W). ...

Although officially TS Arlene is a mid-sized tropical storm at the moment with winds of 50mph (TS range: 39-73mph), she looks a lot stronger...

Here we go! The first named storm of the season – and a dinky little thing she is too. J I’ve been a tad busy lately but that hasn’t stopped...

A short update today: This blobette is more than a little drunk on rum I think, so it’s not quite able to get its act together. There contin...

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Over the past few days a little blobette* has been hanging out in the Caribbean, no doubt enjoying the good music, food, rum (yummy pina col...

That blobette that was east of Florida did, indeed, move westward across the Florida peninsula yesterday and is now producing some rainy we...

Dear Ladies, Gentlemen, Children, Cats, Dogs, and the Pony in SE Florida who might be reading this: Welcome to the official start of the 201...

Wakey wakey everyone… the alarm has erupted. Welcome to the 2 nd Annual Icelandic Volcanic Ash Special! Here we are, another year, another ...

Aaah. <sip of wine>. Aaah. The end of November and the official end of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season. Aaah. <sip of wine> A...

Earlier today the NHC stopped their advisories on Tomas. He has lost tropical characteristics and is more like a low pressure front than a t...

In the early hours of this morning Tomas officially became a hurricane. He passed between Haiti and Cuba as a mid-sized cat 1 storm with win...

Poor Haiti. It looks like they are getting lots of rain. Lots and lots. Under normal conditions Haiti doesn't usually do well with lots ...

Computer glitches were the theme of the day yesterday I think. It seems as though the update didn't get out to the listserve, although i...

Ho ho... back in the country less than a week and I've seen the (current) Governor of Florida twice already. Ok, so he was standing on t...

Little Tomas is looking quite messy at the moment. He's still moving westward at 12mph, and is currently officially centered at around 1...

Our Tomas was a cat 2 storm earlier today with winds of 100mph (cat 2 range: 96-110mph) but has dropped back down to a strong Tropical Storm...

Gosh! THANK YOU for the welcome back to this side of the pond! I wanted to let you know I've read all your notes and will try and answer...

I don't think Tropical Storms are supposed to form when I'm moving from one continent to another. I'm pretty sure that's not...

Hullo out there!   After becoming a hurricane a couple of days ago, Richard made landfall in Belize as a cat 1 storm with winds of 90mph (...