First Alert Weather

07/28/2024

From Gainesville, FL what a light show!

07/28/2024

Wow!

07/27/2024

New study disputes Hunga Tonga volcano's role in 2023–24 global warm-up

Hunga Tonga's eruption presented a unique scenario: As a submarine volcano, it introduced an unprecedented amount of water v***r into the stratosphere, increasing total stratospheric water content by about 10%.

Because water v***r is a powerful greenhouse gas, Dessler says there was initial speculation that it might account for the extreme global warmth in 2023 and 2024. Instead, the results of the team's research, published Wednesday, July 24 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, reveal the opposite: The eruption actually contributed to cooling the Earth, similar to other major volcanic events.

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New research from a collaborative team featuring Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Dr. Andrew Dessler is exploring the climate impact of the 2022 Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and challenging existing assumptions about its effects in the process.

07/27/2024

**UPDATED**
8pm advisory now at 40% development in 7 days....
Hey everyone it's time to start paying attention to the tropics as tropics may come to life over the next 7 days as two tropical waves in the central Atlantic attempt to combine. Over the next few days, the dry, dusty air from the Saharan dust layer will prevent any development. When a system has yet to develop, individual runs of a model are very unreliable and often wrong. So, what I do is look at the ensembles. It's a collection of 50 different runs of the same model to determine the range of possibilities. As you would expect, the range is huge for a non-developed tropical system. Possible outcomes include tracks into the Gulf of Mexico, toward the southeast coast, or curving out to sea. It's too early to see where these waves will go.

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 PM EDT Sat Jul 27 2024

1. Near the Lesser and Greater Antilles:
An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic
Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave during the next several days. Environmental conditions are forecast to become conducive for some development in a day or two, and a tropical depression could form around midweek while the system is near or over the northern Leeward Islands, Greater Antilles or southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.

07/27/2024

07/27/2024

Full moon peaking over the clouds and Sunshine Skyway Bridge-

📷 Damon Powers Photography

07/27/2024

Panama City Beach, FL

This morning… photo from Jeremy Greer

07/27/2024

🌪️ **Tornado Fury Unleashed!** 🌽

07/27/2024

07/27/2024

Nighttime lightning strikes over the ocean are quite the sight to see. It looks like this bolt is zapping and frying the water. Sizzle sizzle!

Photo Credit - Kelsey Duvall.

07/27/2024

Hey everyone, Hurricane expert Bryan Norcross talks about the potential for Tropical development next week in this report. Please read it and pass it along...

07/27/2024

Check out this AWESOME Cloud Iridescence! It occurs when sunlight passes through tiny water droplets or tiny ice crystals!

This was captured near I-95 in Darlington, SC

📸 Mark Robinson

07/27/2024

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday. Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected over the weekend across the Southern U.S. and Mid Atlantic. Heavy rainfall could lead to isolated flooding along the Texas Coast.

07/27/2024

FLORIDA LIGHTNING! ⚡ Crazy bolt streaking across the sky recently from Anna Maria Island/Manatee county, FL on the Gulf side

Looks like a horse on the right!

Credit: The Holton Family

07/27/2024

A double rainbow this evening at Indian Beach NC…

Photo Credit - Jessica Sergent

07/27/2024

If you’re good at following directions then you’ll love this pic. South Florida...

📍: Anna Maria Island
📸IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Pxr9fx9C9/

07/26/2024

Cuteness overload!
Baby dolphin with Mom and Dad spotted recently along the Southwest Florida coast. 🐬💙 Credit: Sam Wilson, Via: and Adventures in Paradise Cruises & Crew

07/26/2024

Hey everyone, this is a opinion question so please leave your opinions and comments below.

What is the hottest you have ever felt?

Take a look at this map and the all time

07/26/2024

crawling across the Jacksonville, FL skyline.

Myrtle Beach resident Tommy Cooke get the credit for this beautiful pic.

07/26/2024

Remembering the devastating tornado that struck Perryton, Texas, a couple of years ago. The destruction was immense, but the resilience of the community shines bright. 🌪️💔✨ 'sFury

07/26/2024

Iceberg A23A, one of the largest icebergs in the world, has recently become unstuck from the seafloor near Antarctica and is now drifting in the Southern Ocean. This iceberg calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and remained grounded on the seafloor of the Weddell Sea for nearly four decades. Its liberation began in the early 2020s, likely due to melting from beneath the waterline.

A23A spans approximately 40 miles across and is about 1,312 feet thick. It began drifting freely in the Weddell Sea, slowly making its way northward. By November 2023, it had moved past the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, performing a full pirouette before catching a northerly current. It is currently located midway between the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia Island, heading towards warmer waters where it is expected to eventually melt.

The iceberg's journey is closely monitored by satellites, including NASA’s Terra satellite and NOAA-21, which provide high-resolution images and track its movements. The drift of A23A from the cold Weddell Sea to the relatively warmer Southern Atlantic highlights the dynamic nature of these massive ice formations and their potential impact on marine environments as they melt and break apart.

07/26/2024

Hello everyone George here and we near the end of JULY the MDR is starting to wake up.. The dust is subsiding and here we are...

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Near the Lesser and Greater Antilles:
An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic
Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave during the next several days. Some development of this system is possible while it approaches the Lesser Antilles during the early to middle part of next week and moves generally west-northwestward near the Greater Antilles towards the latter part of the week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

07/26/2024

Hey everyone, the heat is ON....

07/26/2024

Happy Friday from North Carolina's coast

📷 The Outer Banks

07/26/2024

Insane lightning strike near Florence, SC One of your best ever

📸 Mike Eaddy