What’s Going On In The Tropics?

It’s been awhile since our last look at the tropics and not much has changed. The Atlantic remains relatively quiet for now,  and in the latest update from the National Hurricane Center there are no hurricanes, tropical storms or depressions. There are two areas in the Atlantic Ocean the NHC will be monitoring for further […]

Invest 94L Threat to US?

We’ve already had Arthur and Bertha. Could invest 94L become Cristoble next? And, could it be any threat to the US? Well, the National Hurricane Center does not think 94L will develop into a tropical depression over the next 48 hours. In fact, they only give 94L a 30% chance of becoming a depression over […]

Goodbye Tropical Storm Iselle, Hello Hurricane Julio

As Iselle approached the Hawaiian Islands late last, hurricane warnings were downgraded and the storm made landfall as Tropical Storm Iselle. The tropical storm made landfall on the eastern coast of the Big Island earlier today at 7:30am CST with max wind speeds rated at 60mph. Check out some of the wind gusts recorded across […]

Atlantic Tropical Disturbance

As previously mentioned, the tropics are heating up once again. An Atlantic tropical disturbance has been noted in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and is beginning to become a bit better organized. The National Hurricane Center gives the disturbance a 70% chance of forming into a tropical depression in the next 48 hours. “A Hurricane Hunter […]

Tropical Update

Taking a look at the tropics, all eyes continue to monitor the weak disturbance in the Atlantic. This area of low pressure, otherwise known as Invest 93L has been on the verge of becoming a tropical depression over the past 24 hours but has struggled to do so. The center of the low is currently located 1000 […]

Tropical Update

Most of this weekend’s weather headlines have featured severe weather that has been ongoing across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Elsewhere across the world, there has been some tropical activity in both ocean basins. Earlier today, the National Hurricane Center marked an area of showers in the center of the Atlantic Ocean as an item of […]

Hurricane Arthur Analysis

Hurricane Arthur is less than 12 hours away from making a landfall in eastern North Carolina. I’m going to give some radar analysis of Arthur and provide you with some links to track Hurricane Arthur’s progression this evening and afternoon. Around 5:15 this evening I took a broad look at Hurricane Arthur. At this time […]

Tropical Storm Amanda

Tropical Storm Amanda has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As of 10 AM this morning, Tropical Storm Amanda was located about 620 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. Amanda had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving west-northwest around 5 mph. Below is the current location and track of Amanda over the next […]