7/28/20 Tropical Update – PTC9 / Isaias organizing, moving toward Puerto Rico

The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine. The storm is likely going to be named Isaias in the coming days. It isn’t forecast to be near Florida and the Bahamas until…

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NHC issues advisories for PTC Nine, eventual Isaias, for Caribbean Islands

The National Hurricane Center has now designated “Invest 92L” as “Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.” The change in name will only be temporary. The NHC is trying to issue advisories for some of the islands as…

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7/24/20 AM Tropical Update: Douglas, Gonzalo, Hanna, and the next Wave – with model data!

Not much has changed overnight, thankfully. There have been little tweaks to some of the forecasts, and the model data has come into better agreement in some places. But no drastic changes. The “biggest” change…

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WX Info: The MJO, Kelvin Waves and Hurricane Season

On the air last night, I mentioned a Kelvin Wave. Your browser does not support the video tag. These things are pretty cool. And pretty important when it comes to forecasting during hurricane season. The…

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7/24/20 Tropical Weather Update – Douglas, Gonzalo, Hanna & the next Wave

The tropics remain reasonably active as we move through the end of July. Not to say there are multiple monster Hurricanes, but two Tropical Storms and another wave coming off of Africa. Tropical Storm Hanna…

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NHC notes two areas of interest in tropical Atlantic

10:00AM UPDATE: Satellite imagery and recent satellite wind data indicate that the low pressure system located about midway between the west coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles continues to get better organized. If current…

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La Nina Watch posted: What it could mean for the Atlantic Hurricane Season and 2020-2021 Winter

That’s right, friends. While I will spend some time talking about La Niña and the hurricane Season, I also posted a “deep tease” about the upcoming winter. Two reasons. The first, I think most of…

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