Tropical Update: August 3rd, 2017

Both the feature in the Gulf and the one in the Central Tropical Atlantic we mentioned in our update on Tuesday no longer have any potential for development (not that they had much to begin with). However, we are now…

Tropical Update: August 1st, 2017

Emily is now a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35mph — and is no longer a concern for the United States — as it is located off of Florida’s East Coast moving off to the northeast at 15mph,…

Tropical Storm Emily Forms in Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Invest 98L managed to quickly spin up this morning just west of Tampa, and is now Tropical Storm Emily. Tropical Storm Emily will track across Florida today into tomorrow. As a result, tropical storm warnings have been issued for portions…

Tropical Update: July 26th, 2017

A tropical wave in the far Eastern Atlantic, just south of the Cabo Verde Islands moving west, has some potential for development. Satellite images this evening show that the wave only has only a moderate area of disorganized convective activity.…

Tropical Update: July 19th, 2017

The tropics are quiet once again across the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Don Dissipates; 96L Not a Threat Tropical Storm Don degenerated into an open wave in the Southeastern Caribbean last night, after succumbing to unfavorable upper-level winds. Meanwhile, development of…

Tropical Storm Don Forms East of the Caribbean

A U.S. Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft found that invest 95L has attained a closed surface circulation, and thus enough organization to be upgraded to Tropical Storm Don — the fourth Tropical Storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Analysis…

Tropical Update: July 16th, 2017

A tropical wave located in the far Eastern Atlantic was designated invest 95-L by the National Hurricane Center this morning, and has some potential for development. Analysis As of Sunday evening, satellite images showed that invest 95-L was poorly organized,…

Tropical Update: July 10th, 2017

There are two features worth monitoring in the Tropical Atlantic: the remnants of Tropical Depression Four and a tropical wave in the far Eastern Atlantic. Tropical Depression Four Remnants The remnants of Tropical Depression Four managed to hang on through…