Matt Bullock

1 week ago | wmbfnews.com | Matt Bullock

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Summer starts this Friday and it’s all thanks to the Summer Solstice. But what is it? WHAT IS IT? The Earth orbits around the sun and it takes 365 days to complete one revolution or one full rotation around the sun. In addition to that, we have the Earth tilted at a 23.5 degree angle. Because the Earth’s tilt, it causes an unequal heating of the Earth, which is the reason why we have seasons. During the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox’s, the direct sunlight is over the equator.

2 weeks ago | wmbfnews.com | Matt Bullock

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - People tend to underestimate how powerful tropical storms and hurricanes can be. These tropical systems can bring storm surge, inland flooding, high winds, rip currents, rough surf, and tornadoes. Looking back at the data of U.S tropical related death dating back from 1963 to 2012. Nearly half of the deaths have come from storm surge at 49%, followed by inland flooding at 27%, high winds at 8%, rip currents and rough surf at 6% and tornadoes at 3%.

2 weeks ago | wmbfnews.com | Matt Bullock

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - We’re not done with the storm chances just yet. Tracking scattered storms this afternoonWe’ve been tracking this clusters of storm coming out from the Low Country. They’ll bring heavy rain, gusty winds up to 40-50 mph, and an occasional rumbles of thunder. Given the rain this morning, we do expect a weaker line of storms later today. Higher level clouds will keep us mostly cloudy with the chance of a few showers and storms around.

2 weeks ago | wmbfnews.com | Matt Bullock

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - We’re giving you the First Alert to a traditional summer forecast for the new work week. Warm temperatures and afternoon storm chances are not going anywhere this week. THIS AFTERNOONMostly sunny skies will allow for temperatures to quickly climb into the middle 80s for the beaches today with inland areas making a run at the upper 80s to near 90.

1 month ago | wmbfnews.com | Matt Bullock

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Why do have highs and low tides everyday? Meteorologist explains why we have tides and what factors can affect tide heights. WHAT CREATES TIDESThe reason why we have tides is all thanks to the moons gravitational pull. So as the moon orbits around the earth it creates two high tides and two low tides every single day and there can be factors that can affect high tide height which includes moon phases, weather systems and winds.