Hurricane Milton: Category 5 Storm Heads Towards Florida
Rapid Intensification and Current Status Hurricane Milton has rapidly intensified over the past 24 hours, transforming into a powerful Category 5 hurricane just northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula. This small but potent storm now boasts wind speeds of 180 mph and a central pressure of 905 mb, making it [...]
Everything to Know About Crepuscular Rays
If you want a fun word to throw around the office, the light phenomenon many observed this afternoon was a vivid display of “Crepuscular” rays. Crepuscular has always sounded like some sort of medical anatomy term to me, but these rays are beaming. Photo shared from Keith A [...]
What is the ‘Flash Flood Emergency’ Alert?
One of my big takeaways from this forecast and talking to people afterwards has been the confusion betweeen Flash Flood Warning and Flash Flood Emergency. Any time you see the term “Emergency” in a weather alert it’s a really big deal whether it’s for flooding or god forbid a [...]
Retrospective: Deadly Western CT Flash Flood Event of 8-18-2024
My goal with this retrospective is to do the best I can to explain my thought process through this historic event from start to finish, and hopefully provide some semblance of insight for those asking “why” or “how” this flood event occurred. There’s certainly things I would have [...]
Day of Debby: Final Forecast Briefing
Discussion: No major changes to the forecast this morning with the only adjustments being to increase the forecast wind gusts slightly and the general storm timing up by a few hours. Debby will track to the west of the area through the day today. Forecast rainfall totals remain 1 [...]
Update: Tropical Storm Debby
Latest thoughts on Debby: While showers will be around tomorrow, the peak of the stormy weather looks like it will be Friday afternoon through early Saturday morning. Short range models should get a better handle tomorrow, so we can narrow the timing even further. Here is a summary of [...]