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

November 7, 2009

In collecting his thoughts about the hottest topic in baseball these days, Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used performance enhancing drugs over a three-year period while playing for Texas, Rays manager Joe Maddon summed up the state of the game rather succinctly. ...more

February 11, 2009

The lowest temperatures since Valentine's Day could settle over West Central Florida starting Wednesday night and last into the weekend as a parade of cold fronts ends our spell of warm weather. ...more

January 13, 2009

The lowest temperatures since Valentine's Day could settle over West Central Florida starting Wednesday night and last into the weekend as a parade of cold fronts ends our spell of warm weather. ...more

January 12, 2009

I would bet that there are very few who would complain about the nightly rain we have been receiving the past week. I have just finished checking the water level and found that Lake Grassy has risen almost eight inches in the past week. At this rate of eight inches of rain every day for a week, we need at least five solid weeks of everyday downpours to fill Lake Grassy, which is still about 40 inches low. ...more

July 3, 2008

Conditions are in place for an active hurricane season, with government scientists predicting an above-average number of storms in 2008. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA - Top government forecasters are expected to reveal their calculations on the severity of the coming hurricane season. ...more

May 22, 2008