The latest satellite activity shows a slight wobble to the east of the center of the storm. This has raised concern in the Tampa Bay area of a shift to the east and potential direct impacts among residents there. DO NOT PANIC. The shift appears to be a mere wobble which does potentially shift the […]
While the worst of Helene is certain to impact the Gulf Coast and Big Bend areas of the state, we already have some limited but surprising impacts on the east coast and in the interior of the southern part of the peninsula. Below is graphical information from the NWS Stations in Miami and Melbourne.
We live in an era where people are tuned into cable news and getting information from non-local sources. As someone who spends lots of time in every major media market in this state, Kartik Krishnaiyer are in floors who are impacted by Helene to trust the local TV meteorologists in Florida. They understand tropical weather […]
 Helene’s central pressure has dropped under 980 mbar this morning, indicating a strengthening storm. Model Guidance has been fairly consistent in steering the storm toward the big bend region with a few outlier models taking the storm a little further west the Wakulla or Franklin counties However, it is important that Florida residents not […]
With Helene barreling toward impacting much of the state, this will be our focus on TFS the next several days. We’ve had rare model convergence on a storm path for the last few days with this system, partly due to other atmospheric conditions- a dip in the Jet Stream and High Pressure sitting on the […]
Almost 2 1/2 million people live south of the Tampa Bay area along the west coast of Florida. This area routinely gives Republicans it’s biggest majorities in the state and is among the biggest reasons Florida has gone from being a purple to a red state. Ignoring a large populated area has been catastrophic for […]
Martin County sites including Jupiter Island from the top of Hobe Mountain the highest natural spot in south Florida- close to 100 feet. This is in Jonathan Dickinson State Park. This was a site recently slated for destruction in order to place a golf course in the state park.
What Floridian was closest to being on a national ticket? The answer is likely Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward who became a favorite of populists, progressives and Bourbons by the time the 1908 Democratic National Convention rolled around. But here in Florida we mostly recall Broward as the Governor who did immense ecoological damage by draining […]
Throughout most of 2022, the Florida Squeeze kept focusing on Tallahassee. Something was happening, you could feel it in the air, and it’s since been described as Tallahassee’s Progressive summer. A time when the sudden tragic death of a county commissioner created a snap election and a controversial vote on FSU funding led to hotly […]
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