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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.
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  Below is an update to the potential severe weather event this weekend. A low pressure system is organizing over Texas and is still forecast to fully develop over the northern Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and move east across northern or central Florida Saturday night into Sunday. This low pressure system will also have an accompanying cold front, which will move across the Florida Peninsula Sunday. There will be two opportunities for severe weather to develop: first, in scattered sever...
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More updates on the possible severe weather event this weekend in South Florida:...
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Severe Weather Advisory from Florida NWS/EOC: There is a reasonably high chance of severe weather this weekend across the Florida peninsula as a strong low pressure system develops over the Gulf of Mexico late this week and moves across the state sometime this weekend. Timing is difficult to determine at this time, but it appears that the period from Saturday night through Sunday morning may be the most likely time for any severe weather. It's noteworthy that the Storm Prediction Center in Okla...
Severe Weather Outlook
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  ...Severe Weather Potential Late Tonight and Tomorrow Morning Across South Florida... UPDATED 345 PM EDT April 5th A strong low pressure system in the upper levels of the atmosphere over northern Mississippi and Alabama will help propel an area of thunderstorms currently over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico eastward toward the Florida peninsula tonight. Upper-level dynamics with this system will be stronger than with the system that moved through early this morning, as mid-level winds of ...
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Record Number of Billion-Dollar U.S. Disasters

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by Chris Dolce, Meteorologist Updated: August 17, 2011 1:00 p.m. ET From drought to floods and tornadoes, 2011 has seen more than its fair share of devastation. According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), total economic damage costs in the U.S. exceed $35 billion so far in 2011! This includes nine "billion-dollar weather disasters" since January! This is an unbelievable number of events of this magnitude crammed into just over 7 months. Dating back to 1980,...
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Major Dust Storm Moves Through Arizona

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Major Dust Storm Moves Through Arizona Updated: 10:00 PM July 6, 2011 A very large and historic dust storm moved through a large swatch of Arizona during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 5, 2011. Widespread reports of near zero visibility and winds gusting over 50 MPH (80 kph) were received by the NWS Phoenix office. Based on radar data, it is estimated that this dust storm reached a peak height of at least 5000 to 6000 ft (1500 to 1800 m). The aerial coverage was very expansiv...
Dust storm entering Phoenix, as seen from the NWS Phoenix office
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Severe Thunderstorm June 22nd 2011

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This storm resulted in winds of 37 mph, 12.26" per hour rain rate and 2.19" of rain in 30 mins!...
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Understanding The Energy Of Tornadoes

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With the recent occurrences of multiple devastating tornadoes throughout the U.S., tornadoes have been on the minds of many Americans. In this infographic we take a look at just how much energy and power are in these destructive storms and the role the EF scale plays in determining the strength of the tornado. Created by WellHome Energy Audits...
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2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Satellite Review

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2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Satellite Presentation Review Dim lights ...
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2011 Hurricane Expos

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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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Terror In Dixie Alley

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On April 27,2011 a historic tornado outbreak took place in the South, or what they refer to as "Dixie Alley". No place got it worse than Tuscaloosa, AL. As of now, the death toll is at 340 and still climbing, making it the 2nd deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly 90 years. The 1925 tornado outbreak still ranks 1st. Yes, that makes this outbreak worse than the 1974 Super Outbreak, which among meteorological cirlces is the outbreak by which all others are compared. Our prayers go out to everyone...
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2011 Hurricane Season Predictions

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2011 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTIONS' Average CSU 12/10 CSU 04/11 TSR Accuweather TXW Named Storms 9.6 17 16 14.2 15 18 Hurricanes 5.9 9 9 7.5 8 10 Major Hurricanes 2.3 5 5 3.6 3 5 Make your predictions in The Blogs!...
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2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast from Dr. Gray and Klotzbach

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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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NOAA Storm Prediction Center

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Post Season NHC Tropical Cyclone Reports

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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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Deadly New Year's Eve Tornadoes Hit Midwest

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6 killed in rare New Year's Eve tornado outbreak Dozens also injured as the storms rips through the South and Midwest.       A woman sits on the foundation of a home where a cross made from debris was erected after a tornado          tore through the small town of Cincinnati, Ark. The weather system was fueled by unusually warm air. Reporting from Little Rock, Ark. — Tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air ...
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African wave train firing up...

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Hurricane Charley and the 2004 Season

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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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Remembering the 2005 season

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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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I will be at a HURRICANE Bonnie landfall!

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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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