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Hurricane Watch Friday, November 20, 2010 am PDT
There is no tropical weather activity in the Caribbean area at this time.
Hurricane Watch Thursday, November 18, 2010 am PDT
There is no tropical weather activity in the Atlantic, Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico at this time.
Hurricane Watch Wednesday, November 17, 2010 am PDT
All quiet in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.
Hurricane Watch Tuesday, November 16, 2010 an PDT
Tropical rain and thunderstorm activity persist in an area of the southwestern Caribbean. Will it develop into a tropical depression? We'll have to wait and see.
Hurricane Watch Monday, November 15, 2010 am PDT
Yesterday's rain showers and thunderstorms have dissipated, leaving the tropics in the clear.
November 30th is the official end of the 2010 Hurricane Season and we'll keep the watch until then.
Beginning December 1st we'll do stories relating to weather facts and the Bermuda Triangle.
Hurricane Watch Sunday, November 14, 2010 am PDT
Rain showers and thunderstorm activity cropped up in a low pressure area of the southwestern Caribbean. The system has potential for development, however for the present time it poses no threat.
Hurricane Watch Saturday, November 13, 2010 am PDT
Following almost a week of quiet in the tropics, an area of disturbed weather has shown up on Satellite pictures of the Southern Caribbean. We'll watch and wait.
First Storm 1945 Hurricane Season:
As part of my daily routine I stopped by the operations office every morning, and on this day there was a lot of activity -- something was happening. I looked at the large hurricane advisory board and immediately realized what the hubbub was all about. It was the 20th day of June and the Miami Weather Bureau had just posted its first notice of the season. A tropical depression had formed north of Honduras and was growing in strength as it moved to the north-northeast.
I hadn’t thought much about it at the time since the activity was many miles away. But later that same day when word came that the first event of the season, a tropical depression had, in fact, grown into a tropical storm with winds clocked at 50 miles per hour and gusts up to 65 I began to pay close attention.
Aircrews were on a rotation basis and the luck of the draw dictated whether you got in on the chase or not. After confirming the news I hustled to the barracks and called out, “Hey, Primrose. Looks like something’s brewing in the Western Caribbean and the standby crew just took off to take a look. I kinda wish it had been us.”
Primrose chuckled. “I’m not sure about that. I’m thinking about those high altitudes and the fact that we’ll be freezing our arse off.”
“You’ve got a point, but I expect it’s like jumping into ice water – just hold your breath and if it doesn’t kill you in the first minute you’ll probably survive.”
As was later reported the Tropical Storm gained in strength as it moved north out of the Western Caribbean in a northeasterly direction past the western tip of Cuba. The storm continued in a north northeasterly direction across the Gulf of Mexico more than a hundred miles off the West Coast of Florida. As it crossed the warm gulf waters it grew in intensity to a Category 3 hurricane showing winds of 115 miles per hour. Then taking a bead on the North West Coast of Florida the first hurricane of the season made landfall after crossing Dead Mans Bay and slammed into a mostly unpopulated area of North Florida. Soon after coming ashore its wind intensity dropped off to that of a Tropical Storm as it proceeded in an east northeasterly direction across Northern Florida. The storm passed between Jacksonville and the Georgia State line where it made its way to the Atlantic in the vicinity of St. Mary’s, and Cumberland Island, Georgia. From there it proceeded up the East Coast as a Tropical Storm with winds around 60 miles per hour. It also carried heavy rains that caused some flooding in low-lying areas all along the East Coast.
By July 1st the storm had blown itself out over the cool waters of the North Atlantic, the sometime Hurricane and sometime Tropical Storm number I had traveled some twenty four hundred miles. And although it had made life miserable for hundreds of thousands of people there was one consolation – there were no fatalities as citizens were given a timely warning and they were able to prepare accordingly as the storm approached.
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