“Zeta” is now a Hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. Zeta will move across the Yucatan Peninsula tonight and over the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday before making landfall across Southeastern Louisiana late Thursday. A strong Upper-Level-Low diving across the Southwest and moving into Texas will help steer Zeta rapidly to the northeast. As…
The National Weather Service has issued a FLOOD WATCH from this evening through late Sunday Night for the Southern Blue Ridge. Rain associated with Tropical Storm Delta will produce locally heavy rainfall across much of the area. In the Flood Watch area, small streams and creeks may experience significant water rises that may exceed flood…
A lot of us want to FORGET what happened last winter… I know I do! A lot of forecasts (including ours) were on the same page, as there were strong signals for big potential winter storms and cold. However, it was the exact opposite. Washington, D.C. saw one of their “snowless” winters in recorded history…
Moderate to Major coastal flooding is possible from late Friday through the weekend. The “leftovers” from Sally will move across Eastern North Carolina overnight and bring very heavy rain and gusty winds across the Hampton Roads region. As Sally moves offshore, winds will turn to the north by Friday morning, with gusts along the coast…
“Sally” is now a Tropical Storm and remains a slow mover, with maximum sustained winds as of 2 p.m. EDT of 70 mph. The moisture from Sally will move across Georgia and the Carolina’s overnight and into Virginia on Thursday. There may be two waves of rainfall, the first occurring during the day Thursday with…
The Atlantic Ocean looks like a baseball stadium with players in the field. LOTS of tropical systems and we are ONE storm away from reaching the end of the of the hurricane name list before we move into the Greek alphabet! Closer to home, SALLY may become a concern later in the week. Right now,…
The Atlantic is FULL of tropical activity as we have reached the “peak” of hurricane season. “Rene” and “Paulette” will stay out in the open waters of the Atlantic for the next several days, as these systems generally move towards the northwest, then a gradual turn to the north is expected, as a large ridge…
We are now at “the peak” of the hurricane season. This is when you typically expect a lot of activity and the tropics are loaded! “Rene” has formed in the Far Eastern Atlantic, impacting the Cabo Verde Islands, but is NOT expected to threaten any other land areas. A tropical wave is expected to emerge…
We have declared Thursday a WEATHER ACTION DAY for discrete supercells that could produce tornadoes during the afternoon and evening across Northern Virginia, Northeast Maryland, and northern portions of the Delmarva Peninsula. Thunderstorms are expected to form along the Blue Ridge after 4:00 p.m. Thursday. The atmosphere ahead of these storms are prime for severe…
The remnants of Laura will merge with a cold front and move across the Mid-Atlantic region on Saturday. Ahead of Laura, there’s a chance for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms this evening that may produce damaging winds and frequent lightning. Tropical moisture means rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour in any storm.…
