WEATHER EXPERTS BLOG

November averaged below normal rainfall.

WEATHER BLOG: November Review, December Preview

Florida

Friday is the final day of the 2018 hurricane season which produced 15 named storms, eight hurricanes, and two major hurricanes — Florence and Michael, which were both Category 4 hurricanes.

2018 Hurricane Season Ends With 15 Named Storms, 8 Hurricanes, 2 Major Storms

Florida

Typically, our first cold front of the season comes in the first week or two of October. Well, this year it wasn't until October 21.

WEATHER BLOG: October Review, November Preview

Florida

Neighbors helped and comforted each other in the days after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida panhandle on October 10.

WEATHER BLOG: Lessons Learned, Images Remembered From Our Crews Covering Michael

Florida

Hurricane Michael

Weather Blog: Was Hurricane Michael a Surprise?

Florida

Tampa airport weather station known as ASOS (Automated Surface Observation System) from Google Maps

Weather Blog: Some of Tampa's 'record highs' caused by sensor error

Hillsborough County

Tampa’s official sensor is located at Tampa International Airport. It is located at the south end of the runway on the west side of the airport. The sensor’s location is surrounded by highways that have been expanded over the last half dozen years.

Weather Blog: The Tampa Bay Temperature Problem

Florida

Sunrise over Bay Pines (Capt. Scottie, viewer)

Weather Blog: More Autumnal Observations

Florida

Autumn temps

Weather Blog: Now That It's Autumn, Where's the Cool Air?

Tampa

Florence wasn’t going to be a wind event but because of the approach to the coast and the long duration it was going to be a storm surge and heavy rain event.

WEATHER BLOG: Florence a meteorologist success story

Florida

Left: A 1928 map of Lake Okeechobee, with lines added to show where water poured over the northern and southern dikes; Right: a statue in Belle Glade commemorating the hurricane and its victims. (Photos courtesy of NOAA)

Weather Blog: 90 years since the Lake Okeechobee hurricane

Florida

Graphic showing historic peak of hurricane season

Weather Blog: Hurricane Season's Midpoint

Florida

Sunset over Tarpon Springs

Weather Blog: When will it cool down?

Florida

Hurricane season

WEATHER BLOG: Revised hurricane season forecast

Florida

Beautiful circular solar halo around the sun in Melbourne, Florida, on Thursday afternoon. (Courtesy of @DisasterChannL)

Pictures: Dramatic Florida sun halo has our phones 'ringing'

Florida

LATEST NEWS

FDOT will be conducting road repairs across the Bay area, resulting in lane closures, starting Sunday, December 9 through Saturday, December 15. (file photo)

County-By-County Road Closures Starting Sunday Due to FDOT Repairs

Tampa

Michael Drejka was in court Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. His trial date on a manslaughter charge has been set for Aug. 19.

Court Date Set in Fatal Clearwater Convenience Store Shooting

Pinellas County

Two-year-old Zainab is battling an aggressive form of cancer and needs blood transfusions. But she requires an extremely rare kind of blood. (OneBlood)

Donor Hunt for Girl with Rare Blood So Far Yields No Matches

Florida

This is the Clermont Citrus Tower on Friday afternoon. More rain and storms are possible Friday evening. (Spectrum Bay News 9 image)

Weather Forecast: Severe Thunderstorm Watches Issued Across Bay

Tampa