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This week marks the 10th anniversary of the havoc and destruction that Hurricane Katrina wreaked on the Gulf Coast in 2005. Katrina began as a weak tropical depression in the Bahamas, but rapidly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane right before landfall around Miami, Florida. As it emerged into the Gulf Of Mexico, it began […]
Tag: Hurricanes
We Now Have Tropical Storm Erika
Well, as of the 11 PM advisory last night, we now have Tropical Storm Erika (interesting spelling of it). It has 45 mph winds, and is churning out across the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. And, it looks pretty……ragged. It actually looks really bad at the time. The National Hurricane Center has it becoming a […]
The Weather Is Looking AWESOME
Today: Overwhelmingly magnificent. Highs right around 76ºF, under mostly sunny skies. Tonight: Mostly clear, with lows in around 56ºF. First of all, the reason today will be so overwhelmingly magnificent is not because of the weather. It is actually because of the need to expand my usage of adjectives. I use ‘awesome’, ‘incredible’ and ‘cool’ way […]
WxOrNot Tweets Of The Week
There are an endless amount of weather tweets that are sent out everyday. Whether it’s a puffy cumulus cloud or a beautiful sunset, there are a million (that might be literal) to go around. Now, some are quality, quality tweets. Others are….well, others are interesting. Either way, there are always great tweets out there. Here […]
The Weather Week In Review: 8/16-8/22
Here at WxOrNotBG, we have begun to implement a new post every Sunday evening previewing the week ahead. In light of that, I am going to begin posting a review of the previous week each Saturday night, highlighting the major events that occurred, etc. So, with that being said, here is your *cue awesome music* WxOrNotBG […]
Tropical Storm Danny Forms
Yesterday, things escalated fairly quick across the eastern Atlantic. At 11 AM yesterday, tropical depression 4 formed, and was quickly named Tropical Storm Danny. This comes after a fairly quiet first two and a half months across the Atlantic. Though there is some drier air to Danny’s north, and the convection around him is weak […]
Subtropical Storm Ana Forms
Last night, the National Hurricane Center initiated advisories on the first named storm of the Atlantic Tropical season, which typically begins on June first. This system formed from an elongated area of low pressure that gradually gained subtropical characteristics, and a closed surface low. The NHC forecast has the storm making landfall near Myrtle Beach, […]
Cyclone Pam Impacts Pacific Islands
Late last week and into the weekend, a powerful cyclone, Cyclone Pam, slammed into the island chain of Vanuatu. This was one of the more powerful cyclones anywhere in the world within the past year, and it brought significant winds, surge and damage to the island. What was once a green forrest, stripped bare […]
Weather Across the Nation
A wide array of weather is occurring across the lower 48. Take a look at some of the weather highlights over the last day. Flooding in Memphis this morning Pool expansion… RT @spencerdentonwx: Lauren Squires sent this pic of her backyard in Bartlett. pic.twitter.com/T4L2VojtIz #memflood #tnwx — MemphisWeather.net (@memphisweather1) September 11, 2014 Total Rainfall 8:34 […]
Fujiwhara Effect Displayed in Eastern Pacific
Time for a bit of weather buzz and weather 101 in the same post! There are a couple tropical systems in the eastern Pacific that may soon begin to exhibit a cool meteorological phenomenon. That phenomenon is known as the Fujiwhara Effect. The Fujiwhara Effect is when two nearby cyclonic vortices orbit each other and […]