Soon To Be Hurricane Isaac
Isaac is a tropical storm currently located south of Puerto Rico and heading for Haiti and Cuba. After rolling over those land areas for several hours, and reaching the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, Isaac is expected to become a modest hurricane, likely to menace the west coast of Florida and the Florida Panhandle and nearby Mississippi. Conditions are actually right for Isaac to become a fairly strong storm, even though at the moment it is very poorly organized.
Arctic Cyclone
The other storm of interest is now historical, but worth a mention. This was the arctic cyclone that occurred over the Arctic earlier this month. I mentioned it before in relation to sea ice melting, but I just noticed a nice writeup about it on the NSICD web site: Continue reading Meteorological Items of Interest (including a hurricane)