Andrew Pritchard

The National Hurricane Center named Tropical Storm Isaias overnight, with the storm expected to further intensify to major category 3+ hurricane status over the next 48 hours. Isaias is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast between Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle late Friday night into Saturday morning. Significant impacts from heavy rain, high winds, and isolated tornadoes are expected as the storm moves inland and travels north into the Ohio Valley while decaying through...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Invest AL92 in the Gulf for potential organization into a tropical depression over the next 48 hours and an eventual journey north and east toward the Gulf Coast later in the week. There remains a lot to be determined regarding peak intensity and exact storm track with what could eventually become "Isaias". Folks with interests from Louisiana to Florida are being told to monitor the forecast or potential wind and water impacts from this storm....

It's always funny to me how the year / storm season progresses and the way that storm chases come and pass evolves from beginning to end, from late-winter/early spring into the late-summer and fall. I think I can explain what I mean by that. Early in the year the jet stream is cranking, storm systems are bigger and more obvious and every storm chase feels like a national holiday. I'll lose sleep over a big severe weather day early in the year for 3 or 4 days as we lead up to it, it dominates...