NHC National Hurricane Center Archives

August 3, 2020

Tropical Storm Isaias to bring wind, rain, flooding to Philadelphia

Widespread tropical storm-conditions are expected around the region, most of Tuesday PHILADELPHIA — Tropical Storm Isaias is getting better organized and expected to make…

July 9, 2020

Tropical Storm Fay forms; Warning flags up, down the shore

PHILADELPHIA — Tropical Storm Fay formed just off North Carolina’s Outer Banks at 5pm Thursday, and the New Jersey shore is under a Tropical…

October 19, 2019

Remnants of Post-Tropical Cyclone Nestor to cause wet end of weekend

PHILADELPHIA — Get ready for rain on Sunday, after a beautiful start to this fall weekend. Tropical Storm Nestor, off Florida’s “big bend” area,…

September 15, 2019

Humberto to head toward Bermuda as hurricane

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine already became Tropical Depression #9 and then Tropical Storm Humberto UPDATE — Humberto became a hurricane and continues to strengthen….

September 12, 2019

Déjà vu after Dorian: Tropical Storm Warning in Bahamas, Watch in Florida

UPDATE — Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is expected to become a tropical depression or tropical storm later Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center’s…

September 6, 2019

Philadelphia feeling all it will from Dorian, next and last major threat will be Canada

Friday was a cool, gray one — with some light rain around Philadelphia — and the center of Hurricane Dorian is still off the…

September 5, 2019

Hurricane Dorian off the Carolinas, Tropical Storm Warnings in New England

The Tropical Storm Watch that went into Delaware has been upgraded to a Tropical Storm Warning, and Dorian should be done affecting land by…

September 4, 2019

Hurricane Dorian off Georgia, Tropical Storm Watch extended to Delaware

Dorian is one of three storms, as of 5pm Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center reports Tropical Storm Fernand made landfall in northern Mexico around…

September 3, 2019

More watches, warnings for Florida and up the coast for Hurricane Dorian

At 5pm Tuesday, there were advisories of some type from the Bahamas all the way up to the Chesapeake Bay. Also, new Tropical Storm…

September 2, 2019

Hurricane Dorian to get ‘dangerously close’ to Florida, then other states

The Sunshine State is close enough to feel some of Hurricane Dorian’s wind and rain bands, but the slow-moving storm is still causing extreme…

September 1, 2019

Hurricane Dorian’s strength, size means ‘hit or miss’ matters little for Florida

DRAWN-OUT CATASTROPHE: At 2pm Monday, Hurricane Dorian was *still* battering Grand Bahama Island. Its center was about 105 miles east of West Palm Beach, moving WNW at *1*…

August 31, 2019

Center of Hurricane Dorian more likely to turn before hitting Florida

11am SUNDAY UPDATE — Hurricane Watch in Florida. Dorian has become Category 5 with sustained winds near 180 mph, the strongest hurricane in modern…

August 30, 2019

Hurricane Warning for part of Bahamas as ‘extremely dangerous’ Dorian heads toward Florida

Hurricane Dorian is a Category 3 storm as of 5pm Friday. The National Hurricane Center reports its maximum sustained winds are near 115 mph,…

August 29, 2019

Hurricane Dorian to intensify, be ‘extremely dangerous’ in Florida

Friday, expect Dorian to intensify into a ‘major’ hurricane and make its turn west, toward Florida. 11pm UPDATE DISCOURAGING: More intense (105 mph winds),…

August 28, 2019

Hurricane Dorian expected to intensify, threaten Florida as a Category 3

All indications are that by Labor Day weekend, a powerful hurricane will be near or over the Florida peninsula. Dorian became a hurricane on…

August 27, 2019

The latest: Tropical Storm Dorian

UPDATE — Dorian became a hurricane on Wednesday. Click here for details, especially its threat to Florida as a major Category 3 storm. Moving…

Presidents DayMonday, February 15, 2021

Presidents Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. It was originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, but the holiday became popularly known as Presidents Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents, past and present.

PurimThursday, February 25, 2021

The jolly festival of Purim starts tonight, on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. It commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day,” as recorded in the Book of Esther. Purim means “lots” in ancient Persian, and Haman had thrown lots to determine which day he would carry out his diabolical scheme. One of the observances is a feast, which often includes wine or other intoxicating beverages.

Daylight Saving TimeSaturday, March 13, 2021

“Spring forward” tonight at 2am, the second Sunday in March. The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by (who else? Philadelphian) Benjamin Franklin to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. People in about 70 countries observe Daylight Saving, but they don’t in Hawaii and most of Arizona. It’s also a good time to change batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and flashlights, and remove expired items from your refrigerator and first aid kit.

St. Patrick’s DayWednesday, March 17, 2021

The Feast of Saint Patrick is both a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the traditional date of death of the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick lived from about 385 to 461, but the day was only made an official Christian feast day in the early 1600s. It commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Also, the Lenten restrictions on eating, and drinking alcohol, are lifted for the day.

Beginning of SpringSaturday, March 20, 2021

At the spring (or vernal) equinox, days and nights are approximately 12 hours long, with day length starting to increase and night length starting to decrease. As the season progresses, the Earth’s axis increases its tilt relative to the sun and the hemisphere warms significantly, causing new plant growth to “spring forth,” giving the season its name. “Springtime” can also refer to the ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal and regrowth.

ThePhillyFiles.com

Category: NHC National Hurricane Center