El Niño could dictate this year’s hurricane seasons, but it’s not a sure thing
NOAA recently released its outlooks for the 2026 hurricane seasons across the Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and central Pacific basins. The outlooks are in line with forecasts of a strengthening El Niño pattern heading into the upcoming summer and…
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Hurricane Gabrielle’s rapid intensification fits right in with this decade’s major hurricanes
Hurricane Gabrielle rapidly intensified into a category four storm Monday as it passed east of Bermuda. The storm is now the twentieth (!) major hurricane to undergo at least one period of rapid intensification since the turn of the decade. …
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Tropical Storm Erin set to become Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2025
Tropical Storm Erin formed off the Cabo Verde Islands on Monday. The storm is set to become the first hurricane—and possibly the first major hurricane—of the 2025 Atlantic season later this week. A vigorous tropical wave rolling off the coast of Africa…
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Sad sack of clouds becomes Atlantic’s first named storm of 2025
A center of low pressure over the north-central Atlantic Ocean earned the distinction of becoming the basin’s first named tropical system of the year on Tuesday. After several days of playing “will it, won’t it,” the system…
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Low chance of Atlantic’s first named storm this week
Welcome back to that time of year—a tiresome six-month marathon of watching centers of low pressure and disturbances for signs of tropical development. We’ve got our first candidate on the board just after the official kickoff of this…
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Where Are All The Atlantic Hurricanes?
If a new tropical storm doesn’t form over the Atlantic Ocean by midnight tonight, we’ll have witnessed one of the only Augusts on record without any named storms across the Atlantic basin. That seems like quite the feat for a season that…
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It’s Time For The Atlantic’s Annual “Where’d That Tropical Storm Come From?”
Surprise! Tropical Storm Colin formed over coastal South Carolina early Saturday morning, becoming the third named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm is…somewhere…in that satellite image above. It takes a trained eye…
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Tropical Storm Bonnie Could Achieve A Rare Feat: Changing Oceans
Tropical Storm Bonnie (finally) formed in the far southern Caribbean Sea on Friday afternoon, becoming the second storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. We’ve been watching this system for a while now, performing its will-it-or-won’t-it…
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Developing Atlantic Tropical Storm Set To Take An Unusual Track
A tropical wave that’s made its way across the eastern Atlantic Ocean for the past couple of days is on the verge of organizing into Tropical Storm Bonnie on Tuesday. The system will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the southern Caribbean—which…
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It’s Hurricane Season. (Again.) Here’s What To Expect Heading Into The Summer Months.
Well…here we are. Even though the de facto beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season came on May 15, and we’ve seen our first named storm already, this week is still the official start of the season on paper. Forecasters expect above-average…
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