With substantial focus on El Niño over the winter months, and more recently La Niña, should Floridians be anticipating a shift in this year's hurricane season? Every year, the Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 until November 30, but as of right...

Month: August 2016
Supercell Storms and Hail Damage in Florida
According to a recent article in the Palm Beach Post, meteorologists identified supercell storms in the middle of last month that were likely to produce significant hail storm damage across the state of Florida. Indeed, the article suggested that golf-ball-sized hail...
Brush Fire Claims
When most of us think about the threat of home fires and severe fire damage, we tend to imagine scenarios in which we have left the oven on in our house or a neighbor failed to turn off the iron. In other words, we often fear fires caused by human error within the...
Meteorologists Link Early Atlantic Weather Activity to Hurricane Season
We have already seen a relatively large amount of activity in the Atlantic prior to the start of summer, according to a recent report from AccuWeather.com. But is the mere fact that we have already seen a "C"-named storm a sign that Florida could experience a...
Can Hail Damage Occur During Hot and Humid Summer Storms?
Many residents of Florida's Gulf Coast region tend to associate storms producing hail with the winter months when the weather is a bit cooler. After all, hail is really cold, right? It does not seem to make logical sense that hail would form in a hot and humid summer...