Written By: Adrian Howard Tropical Storm Isaac Discussion: Yes we have a strengthening tropical cyclone on our hands set to make landfall on the island of Hispanola, including Haiti and The Dominican Republic and eventually the Island of Cuba and also the Florida Keys and the US mainland by the time Sunday and Monday rolls [...]
Post By: Adrian Howard Tropical Cyclone Development Discussion: Now as we head in to the tropics, in and around Florida showers and thunderstorms have been forming over and over again and there are signs that something may or may not be forming there. If something did form, it would have the potential to become a [...]
Post By: Adrian Howard Tropical Storm Debby Discussion: Just updating you on Tropical Storm Debby as of 1:00 p.m., central standard time. At 1:00 p.m., central standard time, the center of Tropical Storm Debby was located near latitude 28.3 degrees north and longitude 85.9 west. Tropical Storm Debby was moving toward the northeast at around [...]
Post By: Adrian Howard Severe Storm Discussion: Recommended Actions: Storm spotter groups, emergency management personnel, and storm chasers, across all of risk areas for severe storms are encouraged to perform severe weather operations today. Threats including large damaging hail, damaging winds and tornadoes are in the forecast today for regions of the country. Take the [...]
Post By: Adrian Howard Tropical Cyclone Movement Factors: Tropical Cyclone formation generally occurs in the regions of the intertropical convergence zones from off the coast of west Africa in the Atlantic to areas of the Carribean and Gulf Of Mexico as well. With tropical cyclone development comes tropical cyclone movement, unless the storm system is [...]
The Dynamics Of The Big Storm At Sea Overview: Hurricane season is approaching and begins June 1st and ends November 30th of each year. The time is approaching when the eyes of the meteorologist and hurricane experts will be focusing on the tropics. For the US, The Gulf Of Mexico, The Pacific Ocean, The Baja Of [...]
Hurricane Ophelia Update: Hurricane Ophelia continues to barrow it’s way headed straight for ST. John’s Newfoundland. Maximum sustained winds with Hurricane Ophelia were at 75 mph, with gusts up to 95 mph, as of the 2am Eastern Standard Time Advisory. Hurricane Ophelia is a Category 1 Hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Scale. I expected hurricane [...]
Invest 92, Invest 93, Invest 94, and Invest 95 Possible Futuristic Tropical Systems: Hello Everyone. As I said earlier, the tropics in The Atlantic are heating up and there are 4 systems that bear watching off of The African Coast. There is Invest 92, 93, 94 and 95. I am concerned with invest 93, which [...]
The 4th named storm of the 2011 Hurricane Season has formed just north of the NE tip of the Yucatan. Its current coordinants are 22.4 N and 88.0 W. Maximum sustained winds around 40 mph with 1001 barometric pressure. Don is currently on a WNW track at around 12 mph. At the moment the storm [...]
Hello Everyone. For your hurricane outlook for the week, as far as hurricanes and tropical storms, there appears to be no threat whatsoever from systems developing at the present time. A lot of wind shear has been taking shape and winds have not been favorable for tropical cyclone development. As far as the Pacific Ocean [...]
I am formally announcing the launching of the Firsthand Weather forecasting system. This is something that we have needed here at Firsthand Weather for several months now, and it is about to be released. I personally made it a project several months ago to have every area in the United States a 7 day forecast [...]
Firsthand Weather is currently working on the release of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast. With that release, we plan to launch the Firsthand Weather Hurricane Center. We plan to put our official hurricane forecast on the Hurricane Center page, but the Hurricane Center will also include tons of maps, forecast models, and hurricane forecast [...]