Just like a little success or winning makes a lot of problems go away, the same holds true when the rains finally come to a drought-stricken area. ...more

July 3, 2008

TAMPA - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center started tracking a tropical wave off Africa today, the first system of the season showing potential to develop. ...more

July 1, 2008

When tropical weather threatens, agencies from the local to federal levels watch the systems and try to gauge their strength. When a hurricane is approaching land, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing watches and warnings. Here's how to decipher those: ...more

May 29, 2008

Hurricane hype season is just a few days away. ...more

May 27, 2008

When tropical weather threatens, agencies from the local to federal levels watch the systems and try to gauge their strength. When a hurricane is approaching land, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing watches and warnings. Here's how to decipher those: ...more

May 23, 2008

SEBRING — Yep, we had rain. At least a full inch of it Tuesday, depending on which part of the county you're in, and more is coming with the start of the summer rainy season. In fact, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service is predicting that the Florida Heartland could see an abnormally soggy summer as the current La Nina conditions weaken. ...more

May 21, 2008

TAMPA - This year, the National Hurricane Center has gussied up its Internet home page and tweaked a highly popular graphic to show people how likely weather systems are to grow into tropical cyclones. The revamped home page at the hurricane center site will give folks a quick view of storms and potential storms in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. ...more

May 8, 2008

Olga strengthened and became a tropical storm Tuesday as it drenched the Dominican Republic, forcing the evacuation of low-lying communities ahead of the rare December cyclone. ...more

December 12, 2007

TAMPA - If the disturbance swirling near the Caribbean Sea grows into Tropical Storm Olga, it would be only the 10th December storm since 1851. ...more

December 10, 2007

Florida wraps up a second straight year without a hurricane Friday amid signs that people have forgotten the pummeling the state took in the two previous years. ...more

November 25, 2007