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There have been a lot of topics in the news lately, including an active tropical cyclone season, gas prices and shortages, political campa...

Over the weekend we had Hurricane Kyle threaten parts of New England with hurricane watches. Hurricane Kyle is now absorbed into the westerlies and is no longer tropical in nature. This morning we have newly developed Tropical Storm Laura well out over the central North Atlantic Ocean. Laura is not expected to become a hurricane [...]

THE UNNAMED STORM[Updates on Kyle and Jangmi follow original entry; latest as of 3 pm EDT Sunday.]Meteorologists certainly don't agre...

[Updates follow original entry; latest as of 11am EDT Wed.]The long road to recovery continues in the wake of Hurricane Ike from Texas ...

I have written blogs on the Saffir/Simpson hurricane scale in the past, but felt it was time to rehash some of the points I made before, e...

 What Did He Say? Dry Season? Oh No!I was reading through the early morning area forecast discussions from the National Weather Services offices here in Florida, and in several of the discussions, I came across those dreaded words I don’t like to hear, Fall and dry season. I’m sure many that are regulars of the [...]

 Puerto Rico Being Pounded By Heavy Tropical RainsA tropical disturbance pretty much located over Puerto Rico and surrounding waters is being closely monitored for and further signs of development. Overnight convection was pretty impressive, but local San Juan radar still was not showing any real organized structure to the convection. Outflow improved throughout the day [...]

Where to start? I guess with that satellite image from when Ike was sprawled across the Gulf of Mexico last Thursday evening. Oftentim...

Maybe it has something to do with the fact we have new owners (NBC Universal/Bain/Blackstone as of September 12), but for the first time i...

Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas around 2AM on Saturday September 13th, packing wind gusts measured up to 104 mph by a me...

 Hurricane Chaser Jim Edds has just returned from chasing and intercepting Hurricane Ike in Galveston Island Texas over the weekend. Here in this photo from Jim, you can see the waves and surge crashing along the coastal road and seawall. Jim will pass along some new video scenes from before, during and after the landfall [...]

[2am EDT Thursday update follows original entry]Today, September 10, represents the "climatological peak" of the Atlantic hurricane se...

As has always been the case, through my nine years here at The Weather Channel, there is a palpable sense of dread among all of us that wo...

Daniel Gallegos watches as a wave crashes into the seawall as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas coast, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in Galves...

I Woke up early this morning to monitor the latest on Hurricane Ike, that’s well into the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico now. Ike’s overall structure continues to improve this morning with explosive deep convection developing the last few hours over the center, and the latest recon updates reports steadily falling pressures once again. Although, Ike’s [...]