Count your blessings
   The tropics have certainly quieted down since last week.    There’s a cluster of thunderstorms off the Louisiana Coast Tuesday afternoon. I can’t see a low pressure system associated with it and the National Hurricane Center makes no mention ...

2008 Perseid meteor shower coming up
    One of the best meteor showers of the year is on tap for next month.    The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak in the eastern sky before daybreak on Tuesday, Aug. 12. But some of the “shooting ...

Dolly raking the coast
    Things are started to get interesting down the coast as Hurricane Dolly moves toward Texas.    I’m seeing a wind gust to 63 mph at Port Isabel and a barometric pressure reading of 29.40. That pressure is lower ...

Dolly nearing hurricane strength
 The 10 a.m. Tuesday update from the National Hurricane Center continues to lessen the threat from Tropical Storm Dolly for the Victoria area. A hurricane warning from Corpus Christi to Port O’Connor has been replaced with a tropical storm ...

Dolly still churning up the Gulf
    It looks like Tropical Storm Dolly has strengthened overnight, but the forecast track has shifted south from yesterday.    That should lessen the chance of a serious wind threat in the Victoria area, but the rain chances will ...

Is Dolly headed our way?
    It seems like it took forever, but the tropical system I’ve been blogging about for a week has finally exploded and could be a threat for the Victoria area.    It became Tropical Storm Dolly over the weekend ...

Tropical system strengthening
   The tropical low pressure I blogged about earlier this week waned for a while, but it appears to be regaining its strength.    It’s just a few hundred miles from the Windward Islands and headed for the Caribbean.    ...

A Hay Moon
     Most people have heard of a blue moon or a harvest moon.    But what about a wolf moon or a hare moon? There’s actually a name for each full moon of the month.     For a listing, ...

Tropics are heating up
    Even as Tropical Storm Bertha spins its way through the Atlantic Ocean, another system appears poised to keep weather watchers busy.    A tropical low pressure was located 1,200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles on Monday. The ...

Tropics becoming active
   Bertha, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, has taken a northwest turn and poses no danger to the United States.    But that might be the earliest a hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and could be ...

That's no UFO
  That unusually bright light in the southern sky just after sunset is no UFO.    It’s the planet Jupiter, which will be making it’s closest approach to the Earth this year on Wednesday, July 9. The planet is so ...

Gauging the rainfall
Ever wondered how much it rained in your neighborhood compared to the official National Weather Service report? There’s a way to find out if you have a computer and Internet access. It’s called CoCoRaHS, which is short for Community Collaborative ...

Nature's own July 4 show
    If we can get a clear sky, there will be two shows over Victoria on July 4.    One, of course, will be the city’s annual fireworks display at the Victoria Community Center. The other is a parade ...

What a nice rain
     It was no drought breaker, but Tuesday's rain was a welcome relief.     Officially, the National Weather Service rain gauge located at the Victoria Regional Airport only recorded 0.30 of an inch. They're going to have to clean ...