HurricaneJunky
HurricaneJunky is the creator of this website, a weather enthusiast / storm chaser based in North Fort Myers, FL and a Native Floridian who comes from a family of hurricane veterans. One or more of his family members have been thru: The Great Hurricane of 1926, 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, 1941 Miami Hurricane, 1947 Miami Hurricane 1950 Hurricane King, 1960 Hurricane Donna, 1964 Hurricane Cleo, 1965 Hurricane Betsy, 1979 Hurricane David, 1992 Hurricane Andrew, 2000 Hurricane Gordon, 2004 Hurricane Charley and 2005 Hurricane Wilma. As a child he was always enthralled with hurricanes and severe weather of all sorts and his passion for weather has only grown stronger over the years. He has experienced (in some way) 1992 Hurricane Andrew, 1985 No-Name Storm, 1993 Super Storm, 2004 Hurricane Charley, 2004 Hurricane Frances, 2004 Hurricane Jeanne, 2005 Hurricane Wilma and 2008 TS Faye. Other side swipes, near misses and no-name storms came and went as well. He is an experienced tropical weather tracker and a certified NWS Skywarn storm spotter. A Davis Weather Instruments Vantage Pro 6152 records the weather conditions occurring outside his home.
Blog entries tagged in tropical weather
We'll be attending this one:
2011 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo
Date: Saturday May 21, 2011Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pmLocation: Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center, 75 Taylor St., Punta Gorda, FL 33950http://www.charlotteharborecc.comSponsored by the Sun Media Group and WINK TV. Informational seminars at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm. Dozens of local businesses will be participating with booths and door prizes will be drawn throughout the day. WINK-TV, WCCF 1680 News Radio and Kix 92.9 C...
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ATLANTIC BASIN SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECAST FOR 2011
Created on December 8th 2010
Forecast Parameter and 1950-2000 Climatology (in parentheses)Named Storms (NS) (9.6) 17Named Storm Days (NSD) (49.1) ...
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This was posted on WU by Neapolitan...I thought these NHC TC reports were interesting...
Hurricane Alex
As suspected, the storm will officially go down as a Category 2 hurricane with a minimum pressure of 946mb and a maximum wind speed of 95 knots--though it should be noted that wind speed is 10 knots faster than what was previously thought.
Alex was officially at tropical storm status for 17 TWOs, or about 12 hours more than previously thought;
Alex was officially a hurricane for six ...
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On the eve of the first Friday August 13th (and 6th anniversary) since Hurricane Charley delivered a wallop to SWFL on Friday August 13, 2004, I would like to share a piece I wrote after the 2004 Hurricane season. More to come…any contributions for a tribute / remembrance are welcome…click on Read More to see the rest of this entry...
HURRICANE OF THE DAY (about the 2004 season)
I sat in my house, recently repaired and like new,
It took everything I had not to be blu...
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2005 : A meteorologist recalls a record season is a very interesting look back at the 2005 season thru the eyes of one of The Weather Channel's meteorologists. Enjoy......
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The Xtreme Team will be there if Bonnie makes landfall as a hurricane.
Any and all forecasts and insight from our resident trackers and mets is welcome!
Give me your input guys...it could be go time!!...
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This image explains it all. Click on the picture to see larger version.
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CSU
NHC
Accuweather
Named Storms
18
14-23
16-18
Hurricanes
10
8-12
10-11
Major Hurricanes
5
3-7
5
Landfalls
see forecast
"Increased Risk"
&n...







