At 6am this morning, St. Johns County bridges, including the 312 bridge from Anastasia Island to the mainland, were still open. The county expected to be forced to close them “later today”. “We are playing…
“I’ve covered maybe 91 hurricanes”, said the Weather Channel’s 20-year veteran Mike Seidel, “but this is the worst one I’ve seen”. Seidel was reporting from Fort Myers mid-afternoon today, moments before Hurricane Ian made landfall…
At 6am this morning, St. Johns County’s partial evacuation plan got underway affecting St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach, Ponte Vedra and areas along the St. Johns River – Zones A, B, and part of F….
Late this afternoon, as winds began picking up and lines stretched at gas stations, St. Johns County declared an evacuation order at 6am tomorrow morning for coastal St. Johns. That order includes Marsh Creek. While…
Significant Flooding Anticipated St. Johns County announced a Tropical Storm Watch (see below) at 5pm today, just as the updated National Hurricane Center tracking showed another easterly shift in Hurricane Ian’s expected path, potentially bringing…
At 5am this morning, Hurricane Ian was on track to come uncomfortably close to St. Augustine Wednesday morning after a slight eastward tilt to its expected path mid-week. Tropical force, and potentially even hurricane force…
At 5am, the National Hurricane Center gave our first Florida storm of the year a name: Ian. Tropical Storm Ian remains a threat to Florida, expecting to develop into a hurricane sometime Sunday. Once past…
The National Hurricane Center’s 5AM notice has added Tropical Depression 9 to its watch, with a forecast probability that the system will develop into a hurricane threatening Florida by the middle of next week. The…
It appears that Florida will be spared. The National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Fiona has a confident trajectory showing the system moving away from the British Virgin Islands, brushing Puerto Rico and the Dominican…
This new storm popped up on the radar this morning, dubbed “Tropical Depression 7” by the National Hurricane Center, which anticipates the system developing into a tropical storm later in the day. As storm years…
NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is warning of a dangerous, life-threatening heat wave this week across multiple regions of the country. St. Johns County is one of them. As reported by the New…
June 2. It didn’t take long. Just one day into the 2022 Hurricane Season. POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE Tropical storms have the potential of becoming hurricanes. Maybe not this one. But they can strengthen as…
Numerous forecasting centers, including the National Hurricane Center (NOAA), are predicting an above-normal hurricane season for 2022, which officially starts today and runs through the end of November. Frankly, “above normal” is beginning to feel…
A nice ridge of threatening clouds last night, resulting in only a burst of wind as the front slid by to the north.
St. Johns County’s hurricane evacuation zones have been updated as a result of data improvements by the National Hurricane Center. The new zones are effective immediately. Those living in coastal, waterfront, and low-lying areas will…
Tropical Depression Fred Potential Impacts per NWS Jacksonville: Under the current forecast track, squalls of rain coming in from the ocean along the east coast can be expected on Sunday and Monday. Tropical storm force…
The Surfside, Fla., building collapse is just one example of a bigger looming problem Editor’s Note: The article below was published this past weekend in the Washington Post. By Evan McKenzie Evan McKenzie teaches in…
The 2021 Hurricane season officially began a month ago today, and Tropical Storm Elsa is already heading our way. NOAA’s storm forecast has Florida in its sights, on a bulls-eye trajectory that would, at this…
NOAA predicts another active Atlantic hurricane season NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters predict a 60% chance of an above normal season, a 30% chance of a near-normal season,…
Editor’s note: Check your flood insurance policy to ensure you are getting these county discounts. Additionally, by calling you may find your home incorrectly designated in a flood zone, as I just discovered we were,…