Tim Buckley's blog

I'm not sure if it's a term or not, but nonetheless I'm deeming Earl the first "Heartburn Hurricane" of 2010. The storm will continue to gather just north of the Caribbean Islands and begin its track north later on today. The track is still a bit too close for comfort in our area -- hence the "heartburn".

Near miss, cutting it close, Hurricane heartburn, whatever you want to call it -- Earl will make it a stressful week up and down the East Coast.

The parade of storms just continues along it's path in the open Atlantic. Danielle, Earl, and what may eventually become Fiona are marching down the same avenue.

Kicking, whining, and screaming for summer not to go. If you stuck your ear out your window this morning, you could almost hear it.

We've been telling you for days now about the more active pattern shaping up in the Atlantic -- now we finally have something to show for it. Danielle was born quite literally in the middle of

Making up for lost time are we? Yesterday the story was rainfall deficits - today it's localized flooding!

While it may be true that nobody likes a rainy day, it's just what the doctor ordered around here!

While we've mainly focused on the oppressive heat so far this summer, the incredible water temperatures up the East Coast are just as impressive.

So far, so good. That's been our motto up to this point in the 2010 Hurricane Season. But could this quiet activity come to an end?

Believe it or not, as hot as this summer has been, before this week Wilmington had seen only one record high temperature this year.

While we found ourselves waking up to yet another sultry morning on the Carolina Coast, Washington DC was wide awake as flat-out nasty severe thunderstorms plowed through the District during t

Almost as handy as any barometer, thermometer, or computer model - the thesaurus has been a much needed tool for forecasters in the Eastern US this summer.

Well we had somewhat of an unexpected visitor this morning; a large complex of thunderstorms!

Just as quickly as he came, he's vanished.

As we woke up Tuesday morning we had a new guy in the weather picture, Tropical Storm Colin.