Hanna became the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season this morning. As of the 7 AM CDT advisory Hanna had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, making it a category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The minimum pressure…
Tropical Depression Eight strengthened into Tropical Storm Hanna last night. As of the 1PM CDT advisory, Hanna had a minimum central pressure of 999 mb maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Hanna is moving west-northwest but should turn to the…
Invest 91L has developed into a tropical depression – the eighth of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. As of the 10 PM CDT advisory, Tropical Depression Eight had maximum sustained winds of 30 mph and was moving west-northwest at 6…
Invest 91L is likely to become the next tropical cyclone of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season anytime between now and Friday. The National Hurricane Center has bumped the chance of development up to 80 percent. A recent ASCAT pass suggests…
The Atlantic is definitely starting to perk up with regard to tropical activity. While Invest 90L has moved into Texas without developing, there are still two other disturbances to keep tabs on: Invest 91L in the southeast Gulf of Mexico…
There are heating up a bit with three different systems being monitored for possible development. The first is an area of low pressure near the Texas/Louisiana coast (Invest 90L). Invest 90L Development is unlikely due to the fact that Invest…
Tropical Storm Fay formed just offshore of the coast of North Carolina this afternoon. Fay originated from a mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) that developed in the Gulf of Mexico last weekend. Yesterday a small surface vortex formed from the western-most…
A small area of low pressure near the north-central Gulf Coast has been tagged Invest 98L by the National Hurricane Center. There is a chance Invest 98L could briefly spin up into a tropical depression before moving into the Florida…
A mesoscale convective vortex (MCV), which moved off of Georgia and South Carolina and into the Atlantic Thursday, has spawned the fifth tropical depression of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Tropical Depression Five formed this morning in the western Atlantic. The…
Satellite, radar, and surface data indicate that Cristobal made landfall at 5 PM CDT between Grand Isle, LA and the mouth of the Mississippi River. The National Hurricane Center has issued an update statement which can be found here. Heavy…