8:30 PM EDT – Maria now a Category 5

Hurricane Maria

Maria is now an extremely dangerous, potentially catastrophic category 5 hurricane (the second of the season) with maximum sustained winds of 160mph, and is currently hammering the small island of Dominica. Landfall will occur in Dominica within the hour. ___…

Tropical Update: September 15th, 2017

The tropics remain quite active after Irma’s passage, with three different systems being monitored: Hurricane Jose, Tropical Depression Fourteen, and Invest 96l. Jose Jose was a major category 4 hurricane just a couple of days ago, weakened to a tropical…

12:30 AM EDT | Late Night Update on Hurricane Irma

11 PM EDT Advisory Info: As of the 11 PM EDT advisory, Irma was a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 165mph, a minimum central pressure of 920 millibars, and was moving west-northwest at 16mph. Advisories:  A Hurricane Warning is in…

12:30 AM EDT | Update on Major Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma

Irma intensified into a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds this afternoon, making it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic outside of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. 11 PM EDT Advisory Info: As of the 11 PM…

11 AM EDT Update | Hurricane Irma

11 AM EDT Advisory Info: As of the 11 AM EDT advisory, Irma was a category 3 hurricane, located 16.8 degrees north 53.3 degrees west, with maximum sustained winds of 120mph and a minimum central pressure of 944 millibars, and was…

Tropical Update: September 2nd, 2017

There is no longer any potential for tropical development in the Southern Gulf. However, we continue to track Hurricane Irma and a tropical wave off of the coast of Africa that has a high likely hood of developing by the…