Disturbed weather out in the Atlantic, Invest 99L needs to be watched
Rob Lightbown of Crownweather.com warned on Monday (30) of: “… a fairly robust tropical wave that is located over the northern Leeward Islands early this afternoon. This system is producing some very squally weather with wind gusts of 60 to…
Tropical Atlantic Remains Quiet As Two Hurricanes Churn In The Eastern Pacific
Rob Lighbown of Crown Weather says: The tropical Atlantic has absolutely nothing to keep an eye on this morning. On the weather map this morning, a frontal boundary is expected to continue sinking southward across the Mid-Atlantic and southeastern United…
Latest extended range forecast predicts 2012 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have reduced activity.
Research Scientist Philip Klotzbach and Professor Emeritius of Atmospheric Science William Gray have published their latest extended range forecast for the 2012 Atlantic basin hurricane season, and it is good news for us here in the Cayman Islands. The reason…
Record July temperatures expected for USA. Tropics quiet
There are at the time of writing this (Wed July 4) portions of 17 states in America under heat advisories for dangerously high temperatures. Last Friday (June 29) there was an incredible derecho event that left over 1.4 million people…
Weather Underground sold to The Weather Channel
Dr. Jeff Masters has announced on his Weather Underground web site that, “After 17 years as an independent company, Weather Underground has been sold, and will now be part of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC.)” In 1995, when the newly…
Tropical Storm Debby
THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE FORECAST TRACK WITH THIS ADVISORY. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST NO LONGER BRINGS DEBBY WESTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND INSTEAD KEEPS THE CYCLONE MEANDERING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF FOR THE NEXT…
Tropical Storm Debby forms in the Central Gulf of Mexico… …Tropical Storm Warning issued for a portion of the Louisiana Coast
Aircraft reconnaissance…satellite…and buoy data indicate that the circulation associated with the area of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico has become sufficiently defined to classify this system as a tropical storm. The initial intensity is based on a highest…
Invest 96L Likely To Become A Tropical Depression Or Tropical Storm Between This Afternoon & Saturday Afternoon
Friday, June 22, 2012 6:38 am by Rob Lightbown Invest 96L was located just north of the Yucatan Peninsula this morning very near 22.36 North Latitude and 89.85 West Longitude. Even though shower and thunderstorm activity was pretty disorganized with…
Cayman Islands low may develop when it moves in the Gulf of Mexico
On Tuesday (19) Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather had this report: Satellite imagery and surface analysis clearly shows an area of gradually lowering barometric pressures over the western Caribbean this morning. This broad system is producing heavy thunderstorm activity across…
