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Hermine strengthens, tropical storm watches for NJ Shore
/by John HomenukHurricane Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico this evening, and continues to strengthen as it approaches the Florida Panhandle. Impressive satellite and radar imagery showed bursts of convection around the developing eye-wall of the storm, moving northeastward. Hermine is expected to make landfall along the Florida Panhandle before moving northeastward into the Southeast US. […]
(Premium) Tropical Storm Hermine Increasingly Likely to Affect our Region
/by Miguel PierreWe continue to carefully monitor developments with tropical storm Hermine currently over the Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to make landfall near around the Florida Big Bend area, as a tropical storm. But it could intensity more — into a Category 1 Hurricane — before making landfall. Therefore, a hurricane watch has also been […]
The relentless ridge and its effect on 99L
/by John HomenukWhen meteorologists looked at the medium range forecasts on the first of August, one thing was clear, it appeared: Troughiness would become more likely east of the Mississippi River by the tail end of the month. Brought on by a change in tropical forcing and an overall adjustment in the hemispheric wave pattern, this seemed […]





