Author: Rob Lightbown
Tropical Storm Idalia: 2 pm EDT/1 pm CDT Statistics: Location: 20.0 North Latitude, 85.8 West Longitude or about 80 miles to the east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Maximum Winds: 40 mph. Minimum Central Pressure: 996 Millibars or 29.41 Inches. Forward Movement: more »
Invest 93-L Located Near The Yucatan Channel: It is clear that Invest 93-L is becoming better organized today with banding noted on satellite imagery and in fact, this system looks not only more organized than what guidance has been forecasting, more »
Invest 93-L Located Over The Northwestern Caribbean: An area of low pressure seems to be forming over the northwestern Caribbean and has been designated Invest 93-L by the National Hurricane Center. Satellite imagery today indicates that Invest 93-L seems to more »
Tropical Storm Franklin: 2 pm EDT/1 pm CDT Statistics: Location: 22.2 North Latitude, 69.9 West Longitude or about 90 miles to the east-northeast of Grand Turk Island. Maximum Winds: 60 mph. Minimum Central Pressure: 998 Millibars or 29.47 Inches. Forward more »
Tropical Storm Franklin: 2 pm EDT/1 pm CDT Statistics: Location: 19.2 North Latitude, 70.7 West Longitude or about 160 miles to the south of Grand Turk Island. Maximum Winds: 40 mph. Minimum Central Pressure: 1004 Millibars or 29.65 Inches. Forward more »
Tropical Storm Franklin: 11 am EDT/10 am CDT Statistics: Location: 15.5 North Latitude, 71.1 West Longitude or about 220 miles to the south-southwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Maximum Winds: 50 mph. Minimum Central Pressure: 1002 Millibars or 29.59 Inches. more »
Tropical Storm Franklin: 2 pm EDT/1 pm CDT Statistics: Location: 14.5 North Latitude, 70.1 West Longitude or about 275 miles to the south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Maximum Winds: 50 mph. Minimum Central Pressure: 999 Millibars or 29.50 Inches. more »
Invest 90-L Located In The Southeastern Caribbean: Latest satellite imagery indicates that Invest 90-L is very close to tropical depression and possibly tropical storm strength in the southeastern Caribbean. Visible satellite imagery reveals that a well-defined low-level circulation is evident. more »
Hurricane Hilary Over The Eastern Pacific: After peaking in strength yesterday, Hilary is now weakening as it ingests drier air and also begins to move into cooler ocean waters. That said, Hilary is still expected to bring catastrophic amounts of more »
Hurricane Hilary Over The Eastern Pacific: With Hurricane Hilary expected to impact southern California as a tropical storm early next week, I will continue to send out updates on this storm. Hilary has rapidly intensified over the past 12-24 hours more »