http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Palm Beach Post reporters talk about tropical weather, storm preparedness and other hurricane topics and interact with readers. en-us celmore@pbpost.com 2008-12-19T12:48:11-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/12/19/grimlynamed_kids_weather_survi.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Kids Weather Survival Week has been scheduled for Feb. 1-7, 2009, state officials announced Thursday. There’s a poster and essay contest sponsored by Radio Disney stations in West Palm Beach and four other cities. Prizes include Disney tickets. The tone... 9595503@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-12-19T12:48:11-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/12/10/us_likely_to_be_hit_by_major_h.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm A prominent forecasting team today put the chances at 63 percent a major hurricane will hit the U.S. coastline in 2009. The likelihood a major hurricane hits the U.S. east coast including peninsular Florida: 39 percent. Warm ocean waters and... 9390903@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-12-10T14:24:40-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/24/panama_flooding_likely_but_no.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm A large area of disturbed weather in the southern Carribbean (circled in yellow) could douse Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua with rain and possible localized flooding, the National Hurricane Center said at 7 p.m. Monday. But “there are no... 9053603@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-24T20:54:12-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/18/october_the_second_warmest_on.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Combined global land and sea temperatures in October were the second warmest on record, government researchers said today. The October average was 58.23 degrees Fahrenheit, 1.13 degrees above the 20th century mean of 57.1 degrees, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric... 8913503@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-18T14:16:40-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/14/puerto_rico_cyclone_threat_eas.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm A storm system 200 miles north of Puerto Rico has been downgraded to less than a 20 percent chance of forming a tropical cyclone, the National Hurricane Center said Friday. “Significant development is not expected,” the NHC said in a... 8833203@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-14T12:25:25-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/13/done_er_medium_chance_for_new.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm We’re two days from the midpoint of November, and still seeing orange blobs on the hurricane map (above). That means a “medium” (20 percent to 50 percent) chance for forming a tropical cylone 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico.... 8806003@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-13T14:10:20-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/11/palomas_remains_linger_over_cu.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm What is left of Hurricane Paloma — a weak area of low pressure — remains stationary along the north coast of Cuba about 50 miles northwest of Nuevitas. There’s virtually no chance it will regenerate into a tropical storm,... 8746603@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-11T12:39:36-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/10/palomas_furious_rise_and_fall.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Hurricane Paloma has fizzled to a remnant low that presents no threat to South Florida, but it leaves behind a legacy of at least one dead in the Caribbean, hundreds of homes destroyed and the second-fastest wind speed ever... 8722603@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-10T16:08:36-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/07/paloma_reaches_category_3.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Update: The forecast track at 10 p.m. (above) has shifted Paloma to the north by next week, pulling a piece of South Florida into the five-day cone of uncertainty. But the storm is projected to diminish to a “remnant... 8674103@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-07T19:10:10-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/07/paloma_amps_up_to_category_2.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Paloma has become a Category 2 hurricane with winds near 105 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in its 4 p.m. advisory. That’s only 6 mph from a Category 3 storm, which would classify Paloma as a major hurricane.... 8667803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-07T15:51:51-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/07/hurricane_paloma_could_reach_c.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Rapidly intensifying, Hurricane Paloma could reach Category 3 status as early as tonight, National Hurricane Center forecasters said at 1 p.m. NHC: “PALOMA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY AND PALOMA IS... 8663803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-07T12:58:40-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/06/paloma_becomes_a_hurricane.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Paloma has strengthened quickly to a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said in its 7 p.m. advisory. From the NHC: “PALOMA RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS INTO A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE . . .A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN... 8645903@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-06T19:17:56-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/06/tropical_storm_paloma_forms.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm MIAMI — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Paloma has formed off the coast of Nicaragua with winds reaching 40 mph, and could strengthen into a hurricane by Friday. The National Hurricane Center in Miami shows the storm could make landfall over... 8626203@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-06T09:59:26-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/05/tropical_depression_forms_to_f.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm Tropical Depression 17 has formed in the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said at 4 p.m., and it is expected to get stronger. Its forecast track takes it across Cuba by Sunday evening, by which time it is projected... 8609803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-05T16:14:37-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/entries/2008/11/05/forecasters_see_high_chance_fo.html?cxntfid=blogs_eye_on_the_storm The National Hurricane Center has raised to “high” the chance a weather disturbance in the southern Caribbean will become a November cyclone in the next 48 hours. That means greater than 50 percent. The system that would be named... 8603303@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/stormblog/ 2008-11-05T12:21:35-05:00