Hurricane Matthew

Change of plans for Matthew: We're no longer in the Cone of Probability

By adamg - 10/4/16 - 11:11 pm

The National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. report now shows Matthew skirting New England on Sunday, which means we might get some rain and wind, but not a direct hit. Of course, things could change again.

A drink for the season

By adamg - 10/4/16 - 2:06 pm

With Hurricane Matthew possibly, maybe, showing up on our doorsteps at 8 a.m. on Sunday (hmm, would that make it Matty in the Morning?), Karen Grant has come up with an appropriate drink, the Cone of Probability:

The Cone of Probability settles on Massachusetts

By adamg - 10/4/16 - 11:55 am

At 11 a.m., the National Hurricane Center extended its Matthew Cone of Probability to cover all of southern New England for Sunday. Forecasters still say it's too early to say whether we'll get walloped, so we've only raised the French Toast Alert level to Guarded, but we're going to have to spend more time considering the proposal to go to a more liquor-based alert system for this storm.

Nothing to worry about - yet

By adamg - 9/30/16 - 2:57 pm

Matthew earlier today, via the GOES satellite.

We've reactivated the French Toast Alert System as Hurricane Matthew churns up the Caribbean. We're still at the lowest alert level, because it's too early to say if it'll churn up the Atlantic and smack us or head out into the middle of the Atlantic (remember Hermine?) or even go further into the Caribbean. But we've got a wary eye open.