As I expected, Tropical Storm Rina fell apart yesterday (Friday) morning so she was downgraded to a Tropical Depression, and by yesterday ev...

Today marks the one year anniversary of my return to the U.S. A.! At the end of this entry I will share a few words from the Queen to mark t...

With this post, some lucky person is going to be the 20,000th visitor to my blog website!! And that doesn’t include those of you who read th...

Hurricane Rina is turning out to be a bit too awkward for a not-quite-end-of-the-season pip squeak little storm! She’s moving soo sloowlllyy...

No, I have not fallen asleep on the job! I will do that in December (umm… shhh… don’t tell my boss that ;-)). I was traveling (again) and ha...

Well things are looking groovy out there. The Atlantic blob from yesterday has vanished off the NHC map. The vorticity (circulation) in the ...

Here is the IR satellite image of the Atlantic Basin at the moment, so this is just a quick update on the two blobs that you can see out the...

No crayon drawings in yellow, orange or red on the NHC Atlantic map! You know what this means? It means this entry will be hobbit-like… yes,...

Not quite as windy as yesterday, but certainly wetter here today on the west-central coast of Florida. It rained almost non-stop and I thoro...

I think Tropical Storm Philippe has been a simulacrum of his former self since yesterday. (Oooh… big word alert! :-)). Officially Philippe i...

I go away for a couple of days and oh how the world changes! Speaking of world changing… Steve Jobs died yesterday, but he certainly made th...

Hurray, another one down! Yes, Ophelia is no more. She took so long that I’ve forgotten the great final Shakespeare quote I had lined up for...

I had a very nice weekend, and I understand that it was a breeze on Bermuda too (puns always intended ;-)). Steve on Bermuda says they didn’...

Welcome to October… only another TWO months of the hurricane season left to go! Ha. Hurricane Ophelia Officially she is at 29.5N, 62.9W, hea...

Oh great googliemooglies and blisterin’ barnacles!! Bermudians, I hope you are ready! Ophelia exceeded everyone’s expectations today. Hurric...

Ophelia says: “September 29 is National Coffee Day. I had 12 cups today. Can you tell?” ;-) And here are some interesting US coffee factoids...

I’m running a tad bit late… I was doing my homework (i.e. watching episodes of Dr. Who ;-)). Tropical Storm Ophelia Officially she’s at 19.4...

<Warning: tinged with a slight hint of sarcasm> For the last couple of days I’ve been calling Ophelia a Tropical Depression when reall...

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! I can’t help it, you’re stuck with Shakespeare until Ophelia vanishes and today is not t...

Apparently there * are * more than five people on this planet who know what New Orleans International Airport’s MSY stands for. I’m impresse...