The year's latest tropical depression formed today from an area of low pressure tucked near Central America and is expected to become Tropical Storm Ida, possibly today. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have watched the thunderstorms in the extreme southwestern Caribbean Sea since the weekend, and the system continued to become more organized. ...more

November 4, 2009

Talk about a breath of fresh air - literally. The season's first cold front - or perhaps we should call this a cool front - breezed through the Tampa Bay area early Wednesday, sending temperatures dipping to levels they haven't been at in months. ...more

October 1, 2009

A tropical disturbance 600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles could form into a depression during the next day or so and could strike the United States or Cuba, meteorologist Richard Rude of the National Weather Service said today. ...more

August 31, 2009

Clearwater's Bright House Field has been awarded the conference baseball championships in 2010 and 2011. Next season's tournament will be May 26-30, 2010, according to the Big East's official Web site. ...more

July 22, 2009

NASA is hoping the weather finally cooperates for its sixth launch attempt for space shuttle Endeavour. ...more

July 14, 2009

An area of low pressure will stall over the Southeast today and continue to bring another day of ample thunderstorms, especially north of Pasco County. The storms will begin in the morning closer to the coast and expand inland through the day. Forecasters don't expect storms to wait for the afternoon and say they could show up anytime today. ...more

July 7, 2009

Line after line of strong thunderstorms were sweeping across West Pasco on Wednesday, flooding streets and knocking out power in some areas. ...more

July 1, 2009

TAMPA -- Showers and storms moving from the Gulf of Mexico should continue to trail across West Central Florida through today and extend through Friday. An area of low pressure over the Gulf is drifting east and dragging rain and storms with it. ...more

June 4, 2009

Tuesday was yet another day for more rain across the Tampa Bay area, and it would be wise to keep those umbrellas handy today. That's because the rain chance remains at 70 percent this afternoon, with more showers and thunderstorms expected to roll through the state. It will be windy as well, with gusts nearing 30 mph, forecasters say. The rain chance remains at 50 percent Thursday and then falls to 40 percent Friday through Monday. ...more

May 20, 2009

A line of storms is affecting Florida's West Coast from Citrus County through Lee County, according to the National Weather Service. ...more

May 16, 2009