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For the past week, hurricane forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have been following the exploits of a weak tropical system as it plodded across the Caribbean Sea. During the past two days, the system has gradually strengthened… To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 10/3/13
Read DetailsImagine an army of government-sponsored trainers pushing across the landscape, eager to engulf a targeted population and train them about the options of Obamacare (a.k.a., Affordable Care Act). There’s been a deadline for getting the army…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 10/2/13
Read DetailsTropical moisture is poised over the Florida Keys and southward into the Caribbean. This moisture is set to slowly advance northward across southwest Florida during the next few days. Associated with this northward surge in moisture is a weak area of…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 9/30/13
Read DetailsAs a weak low-pressure passed across north Florida and moved out into the Atlantic, drier air moved into southwest Florida on Friday (Sept. 27, 2013). Dew points (a measure of the absolute humidity of the air) dropped into the lower 70’s from …To read the entire feature, click here. Originally
Read DetailsAccording to numerous studies, Americans are fat and are getting fatter. One study, from 2011, by the Trust for America’s Health, a nonpartisan advocacy group, reported that obesity rates were then at 20 percent in every state but Colorado. Other studies…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 9/24/13
Read DetailsAstronomical summer ended today at 4:44 p.m. E.D.T. However, if you’ve been monitoring the weather, you had clues this transition to autumn was underway weeks ago. One hint was…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 9/22/13
Read DetailsFriday, Sept. 20, 2013, was an awesome day across southwest Florida. Dew points tumbled to the upper 60’s by late in the afternoon, while skies above were dotted only with fair weather cumulus clouds. Rain was a no-show. Many locals wanted to take the day off…To read the entire feature,
Read DetailsFlorida has been punctuated by excessive rainfall in some places and deficits in others so far in 2013. The Panhandle has been waterlogged since late spring thanks to a tropical storm system and a series of stationary fronts that parked themselves across the area. Southwest Florida has suffered through persistent,
Read DetailsThis year, south Florida does not need a tropical storm or hurricane to waterlog the landscape. The routine ebb and flow of daily thunderstorms has done just fine. And, much like Sun., Sept. 15, 2013, thunderstorms this Monday (Sept. 16, 2013) are going to bring more heavy rainfall to…To read
Read DetailsJust before sunset on the evening of Sept. 6, 2013, two clusters of thunderstorms were approaching western Collier County. One was drifting or reforming as it moved southward…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 9/11/13
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