The tropics may be quiet aside from a single invest, but the wake of severe weather will certainly be coming back soon. A potentially dangerous event with thunderstorms will occur today, accompanied by a Slight (SLGT) risk according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC). Another, possibly more significant, event isRead More →
Today we commemorate the 15th anniversary of Cyclone Percy and it’s Category 5-equivalent peak intensity in the South Pacific ocean basin on this day, March 2nd. While not very damaging compared to other cyclones (though it was still very devastating for the islands of Swains, Tokelau and Cook) nor deadly,Read More →
The Southern Hemisphere, while weak, has been active to begin the decade. This has not changed recently as we have two notable tropical systems active in Invest 99P and Cyclone Wasi in the Australian region and South Pacific basin, respectively. Invest 99P Invest 99P/07U is moving slowly westward in theRead More →
To begin February, we have a new cyclone in the form of Damien which is expected to intensify while approaching the Northwestern Australian coast. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued Cyclone Warnings for Wallal Downs, west through Mardie and is forecasted to make landfall as a Category 4 SevereRead More →
As the year begins, the US Winter continues on with a storm coming later this week. This one however is not just expected to be a Winter Storm but also, could cause a rare off-season Severe Weather Outbreak this Friday and going into the weekend. With this system, there willRead More →
The decade is not done yet in the tropics as the Western Pacific has produced another typhoon, this time in the form of Phanfone (also named Ursula per PAGASA). Phanfone, now a Category 2 typhoon (Category 3 per Force Thirteen’s estimates), had made it’s initial landfall in the Central PhilippinesRead More →
In the midst of the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Tropical Storm Sebastien formed a few days ago and has managed to sustain itself despite being predicted to become frontal long before today and is currently approaching the Azores currently at a fast pace. Tropical Storm Sebastien Approaches the AzoresRead More →
Tropical Storm Kalmeagi (Named Ramon by PAGASA) has formed near the Philippines today and will likely remain below Typhoon intensity, at least within the current forecast window. It is expected to head North before transitioning to a Westward motion later this week, likely to miss a direct landfall in Luzon.Read More →
Two cyclones have formed today, both threatening land. The first of which, undesignated by the JTWC, but is likely a Tropical Storm, has been designated by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) as a Depression and could go on to effect Oman as a Very Severe Tropical Cyclone. On the otherRead More →
A mere two days after Typhoon Hagibis became yet another storm to affect Japan, a system now known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Seventeen-E formed yesterday and has neared the Mexican Coastline. The possibility does still exist for the system to become a fully tropical cyclone though chances have decreased fromRead More →
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