Hot and hazy forecast for Florida as Saharan dust layer arrives
Dust blows off the Sahara Desert into the Atlantic Ocean earlier this year. Particularly in summer, the dust can make it all the way to Florida. (Credit: NASA/ Wikimedia Commons) Some of the hottest...
View ArticleHistoric drought socks U.S., Climate Data Center says
Florida’s drought ended in May and June with help from tropical storms Beryl and Debby. But drought of historic proportions continues to build over the nation as a whole, the National Oceanic and...
View ArticleTropics shift back to idle mode; more Saharan air moves in
In the battle between tropical moisture and dry Saharan air, score another win for the heat and haze. Even in Palm Beach, and on all of South Florida’s barrier islands, temperatures on Thursday and...
View ArticleRain moves out, summer-like heat returns
If you already miss the sweltering dog days of summer, here’s some good news: Summer-like conditions return to the area Wednesday, with heat index values at 100 degrees or higher. Record highs for...
View ArticleRecord high tied at Palm Beach airport; heavy rain in Jupiter
It was a hot and steamy December day in South Florida on Tuesday, with several high temperature records set. The high at Palm Beach International Airport of 86 degrees tied the mark set in 1997. And...
View ArticleWind shear disrupting tropical waves; forecasters see stormy end to month
The National Hurricane Center was monitoring an area of showers near the Lesser Antilles on Saturday. (Credit: NOAA/ NHC) We already have two tropical storms in the books for 2013, Andrea and...
View ArticleMore warm weather records fall as August heat rolls on
Virtually the entire State of Florida is expected to be abnormally warm through the end of August. (Credit: NOAA/ CPC) South Florida may be headed for one of the warmest Augusts ever thanks to...
View ArticleAirport high of 90 just shy of record; marks tied in Miami, Fort Lauderdale
Another day, another 90-degree high at Palm Beach International Airport on Tuesday, the fourth one in a month that is now running almost 2 degrees above average. That missed tying the record high set...
View ArticleHot and hazy forecast for Florida as Saharan dust layer arrives
Dust blows off the Sahara Desert into the Atlantic Ocean earlier this year. Particularly in summer, the dust can make it all the way to Florida. (Credit: NASA/ Wikimedia Commons) Some of the hottest...
View ArticleHistoric drought socks U.S., Climate Data Center says
Florida’s drought ended in May and June with help from tropical storms Beryl and Debby. But drought of historic proportions continues to build over the nation as a whole, the National Oceanic and...
View ArticleTropics shift back to idle mode; more Saharan air moves in
In the battle between tropical moisture and dry Saharan air, score another win for the heat and haze. Even in Palm Beach, and on all of South Florida’s barrier islands, temperatures on Thursday and...
View ArticleRain moves out, summer-like heat returns
If you already miss the sweltering dog days of summer, here’s some good news: Summer-like conditions return to the area Wednesday, with heat index values at 100 degrees or higher. Record highs for...
View ArticleRecord high tied at Palm Beach airport; heavy rain in Jupiter
It was a hot and steamy December day in South Florida on Tuesday, with several high temperature records set. The high at Palm Beach International Airport of 86 degrees tied the mark set in 1997. And...
View ArticleWind shear disrupting tropical waves; forecasters see stormy end to month
The National Hurricane Center was monitoring an area of showers near the Lesser Antilles on Saturday. (Credit: NOAA/ NHC) We already have two tropical storms in the books for 2013, Andrea and...
View ArticleMore warm weather records fall as August heat rolls on
Virtually the entire State of Florida is expected to be abnormally warm through the end of August. (Credit: NOAA/ CPC) South Florida may be headed for one of the warmest Augusts ever thanks to...
View ArticleAirport high of 90 just shy of record; marks tied in Miami, Fort Lauderdale
Another day, another 90-degree high at Palm Beach International Airport on Tuesday, the fourth one in a month that is now running almost 2 degrees above average. That missed tying the record high set...
View ArticleNWS’ new ‘Beach Forecast’ page: rip currents relax, but UV Index skyrockets
Rainfall forecast for the first week of June. See below. (Credit: NOAA/ CPC) Memorial Day is an occasion to cook outside, as long as you don’t fry at the beach. The National Weather Service in Miami...
View ArticleTropical activity picking up with two systems on the NHC map
Two systems are being tracked by the National Hurricane Center. (Credit: NOAA/ NHC) The tropical Atlantic is showing some signs of coming to life with two areas of disturbed weather under the...
View ArticleCristobal no threat to Florida; record heat grips state
Official forecast track for Tropical Storm Cristobal. (Credit: NHC) Tropical Depression Four was upgraded to Tropical Storm Cristobal at 6:20 a.m. today in a special weather statement from the National...
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