When a storm is this close to landfall, it is good to start “nowcasting.” This term is used in the weather world to refer to the act of forecasting based on current observations as opposed to using the various meteorological models available. For the last two days, the models have been indicating that Tropical Storm [...]
Tropical Storm Alex Tropical Storm Alex became the first named storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season on June 26th. It made landfall over the southern Yucatan Peninsula early on June 27th and emerged over the Gulf of Mexico about 24 hours later. As of June 28th at 3PM MDT, Tropical Storm Alex is off the [...]