This is what portions of Florida’s West Coast look like right now. Video from Dr. Jose Erbella on Anna Maria Island. These residents now need to prepare for a major hurricane strike this week with surge numbers that could be even higher than Helene.
A big migration month! Hummingbird watchers get the feeders out and filled, they are coming south over the next few weeks. They need to fill up on food before the trek across the Gulf to the Yucatán.
Peter Dodge was a NOAA meteorologist of 44 years and died back in 2023. As a tribute to him, the NOAA Hurricane Hunters dropped his ashes inside Hurricane Milton's eye last night. Quite the tribute to a man who dedicated his life to studying these storms.
Florida and Louisiana are the only two states without snow on the ground right now. This matters as future Arctic cold comes across that snowpack to our north. #lawx
IT’S GOING TO SNOW - NOW IT COULD SNOW A LOT! A reasonable worst case scenario is being painted by some hi-res models. A widespread 4-6” along the length of I-10 with some snow banding pushing totals as high as 8-10” inland. Travel is impossible in this scenario. #lawx
