Warm water spreading across the tropical Pacific Ocean has provided a major benefit for Florida by blunting the hurricane season. ...more

November 7, 2009

Forecasters from Colorado State University have reduced their prediction of hurricane activity to an average number of storms. ...more

April 8, 2009

If you expect to use the cover of darkness to sidestep water restrictions in St. Petersburg, forget it. Water patrols will begin prowling city streets at night to enforce the once-weekly sprinkling rules. ...more

March 14, 2009

If you expect to use the cover of darkness to sidestep water restrictions in St. Petersburg, forget it. Water cops will begin prowling city streets at night to enforce the once-weekly sprinkling rules. ...more

March 12, 2009

A La Nina will continue to affect weather patterns in the Southeast - making it likely that the already-low water levels will not improve for the next few months. ...more

February 7, 2009

Cooling water that has been pooling in the Pacific Ocean since late December likely means drought conditions in Florida, especially across the Tampa Bay area, will worsen through spring. ...more

February 6, 2009

Erratic summer rain, a damaged reservoir and lingering drought have strained water supplies to the limit, with just a quarter of the eight-month dry season over and the hottest, most parched months to come. ...more

December 30, 2008

TAMPA -- Erratic summer rain, a damaged reservoir and lingering drought have strained water supplies to the limit, with just a quarter of the eight-month dry season over and the hottest, most parched months to come. ...more

December 29, 2008

A good portion of West Central Florida slipped into a moderate drought during the past week, and nearly a quarter of the state now is in some level of drought. ...more

November 27, 2008

The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, appears to have attained Olympian heights, setting at least five weather records in the United States and Cuba. ...more

November 26, 2008