Tropical Storm Chantal Forms Out In The Middle Of Nowhere
A disturbance in the northern Atlantic Ocean developed into Tropical Storm Chantal on Tuesday evening, becoming the third named storm of the unusually quiet-to-this-point Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters expect the storm to remain far out in the…
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A Tropical Depression Is Likely In The Atlantic By Early Next Week
We could see our third named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season by this time next week. The suspect is a tropical disturbance that’s currently about halfway between the Caribbean and Africa. The National Hurricane Center gives the system a…
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Life-Threatening Flooding Likely As Tropical Storm Barry Crawls Toward Louisiana
Extremely heavy rain associated with Tropical Storm Barry will lead to life-threatening flooding across southern Louisiana and the lower Mississippi River Valley over the next couple of days. The slow-moving storm could reach hurricane strength before it…
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Tropical System In Gulf Likely To Strengthen; Greatest Threat Is Flooding From Heavy Rain
A tropical disturbance entering the Gulf of Mexico has a high chance of growing into a named storm by the end of the week. Some models have the system intensifying before it makes landfall on the northern Gulf Coast this weekend. Flash flooding from…
Read MoreA Trough Over Georgia Could Become A Tropical System In The Gulf—And It’s Not As Weird As It Sounds!
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a trough of low pressure over the southeastern U.S. for signs of tropical development once it reaches the Gulf of Mexico in a couple of days. A disturbance turning into a tropical cyclone once it moves from…
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Hurricane Barbara Grew From A Tropical Storm To A Cat. 4 Hurricane In 21 Hours
Hurricane Barbara rapidly strengthened into a category four hurricane on Tuesday as it spun over the eastern Pacific Ocean. “Rapid” isn’t an exaggeration in this case—the storm grew from a tropical storm to a category four hurricane in…
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Subtropical Storm Forms Near Bermuda, 2019 Hurricane Season Starts in May. (Again.)
Subtropical Storm Andrea formed southwest of Bermuda on Monday. The appearance of a named storm in the Atlantic means this basin’s hurricane season has started before June 1 for the seventh time in the last decade. Andrea will be weak and…
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Cyclone Fani Makes Landfall in India With 155 MPH Winds
Cyclone Fani made landfall in northeastern India on Friday with maximum sustained winds of about 155 MPH, the equivalent strength of a high-end category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The storm will bring a deep storm surge,…
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We Should Move The Start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season to May
There’s a low chance that a disturbance over The Bahamas could develop into a tropical system off the southeast coast over the next couple of days. That can seem jarring to read at the beginning of May, but pre-season storms really aren’t…
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Another Intense Tropical Cyclone Makes Landfall in Mozambique
Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in storm-battered Mozambique late Thursday night with the equivalent strength of a category four hurricane. The remnants of the storm are expected to slow to a crawl over the next couple of days, bringing…
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