September 10. That’s the official peak of hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin. It’s all downhill from here to the end of the season, November 30. But it’s a slow decline. Not a steep one. So far, it’s been a relatively quiet year with just four named storms. Three have reached hurricane status and NONE […]
Hurricane Frances – 10 Years Later
September 5, 2004: the day Hurricane Frances made landfall through Central Florida. Our hurricane-seasoned eyes were wide open after Hurricane Charley beelined its way straight through Central Florida just a few weeks earlier, hitting Daytona Beach ON ITS EXIT with 106 mph winds. Now Frances was headed our way. And it was daunting. We were […]
Remembering Hurricane Charley
Can you believe it was 9 years ago today that Hurricane Charley roared across Central Florida? August, 13, 2004…. that was Friday the 13th, by the way. Charley was the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Andrew in 1992. Its swath of destruction started in Punta Gorda near Port Charlotte, where […]
Rainy Season Begins… Right On Cue
Beginning today, there is a chance for rain every single afternoon on the 7-day forecast.This doesn’t always mean the rainy season is underway, but in this case, I think it just might be… On average, the Central Florida wet season begins in Orlando on May 27 and in Daytona Beach on May 29. However, it […]