Eric Burris

1 week ago | wesh.com | Eric Burris

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is right around the corner, which is why for the last few months I've been working on my own hurricane seasonal forecast. This isn't your standard "X" number of storms style forecast – this is looking at weather patterns to give you an idea of "hot spots" for the season, along with "hot dates" on the calendar, so you can have an idea what the season will look like, and when the tropics may be busy.

1 week ago | wesh.com | Eric Burris

INSTALLING SURGE PROTECTORS THROUGHOUT YOUR HOME. OKAY, LET’S GET YOU TO SOME IMPACT WEATHER THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE TRACKING A LITTLE LATER TODAY AS WE BRING IN METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS. ERIC, WHAT IS THAT TIMING WHERE WE NEED TO BE REALLY WEATHER AWARE? YEAH. YOU KNOW, FROM ABOUT 3 TO 8:00 TODAY. AND WE’VE HAD STORMS EACH AND EVERY AFTERNOON AND EACH AND EVERY AFTERNOON THE LAST FEW DAYS. WE’VE HAD TONS OF LIGHTNING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE NEWEST MODEL DATA.

2 weeks ago | wesh.com | Eric Burris

WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS ERIC. WE’VE TALKED ABOUT BOATING AS WELL AS BEACH SAFETY. WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY GET ON THE WATER? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AS LONG AS WE’RE COGNIZANT OF THOSE RIP CURRENTS, RIGHT, BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE’S A MODERATE RISK. BUT WATER TEMPERATURES ARE SO NICE. THIS IS HOW, YOU KNOW, SUMMER IS JUST ABOUT HERE. WATER TEMPERATURES RIGHT AT OUR EAST COAST BEACHES HANGING IN THE UPPER RANGE OF THE 70S.

2 weeks ago | wesh.com | Eric Burris

YEAH, BECAUSE WE’VE GOT THE RETURN OF THOSE SHOWERS AND STORMS. RIGHT. LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A COLD FRONT NORTH OF US THAT’S ESSENTIALLY HANGING OUT. IT’S DYING LITTLE BY LITTLE, AND THAT’S A BIG TELL WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERALL ATMOSPHERICS OF THINGS. LOOKING AHEAD, WE’VE GOT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND HERE. AND SO OFTENTIMES PEOPLE REFER TO IT AS THE UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER, RIGHT? 40% COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

3 weeks ago | wesh.com | Eric Burris

NOT ONLY HOT NEXT WEEK, ERIC, BUT HOT THIS WEEK. OH MY GOSH. I MEAN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT HEAT WAVE OF THE YEAR. 96 THE FORECAST TODAY. THAT’S WHAT WE HIT YESTERDAY. SO TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE. AND WE’RE GOING TO BE AWFUL CLOSE TO A RECORD 96 TOMORROW. BUT WE GET EVEN HOTTER. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WORKWEEK WE’LL GO TO 97 IN AN ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE. WHEN WE FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY THOUGH.