After a lengthy period of inactivity lasting 28 days, the North Atlantic Ocean has finally sprung into action with the formation of Tropical Storm Chantal this morning. Although environmental conditions were not forecast to favor development, a small low pressure system located over the far northern Atlantic Ocean which theRead More →
Invest 94L was designated yesterday over the southwestern Atlantic, which was a broad and ill-defined tropical wave at the time. Since then, it has traversed westwards into the Bahamas and has gained a lot more convection. In fact, it may be on the verge of becoming a tropical depression, andRead More →
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Tropical Storm Barry to a hurricane at 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC) today shortly before it moved onshore. The cyclone made landfall this morning as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) on Marsh Island on the centralRead More →
Despite exhibiting a rather unusual structure during the last couple of days, Tropical Storm Barry has continued to intensify, and is now near hurricane-strength as it approaches the central Louisiana coast. As of the National Hurricane Center’s most recent advisory at 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC), the center of Tropical StormRead More →
The low pressure area over the northern Gulf of Mexico, marked as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), has continued to become better organized today. The United States Air Force and the NOAA have been conducting reconnaissance flights into the system, and they have recently reportedRead More →
Yesterday, Invest 92L emerged over the Gulf of Mexico as a broad area of low pressure. It has consolidated more today, and the National Hurricane Center is giving it a near 100% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone. In addition, due to its proximity to land, they have also initiatedRead More →
Key Points: Invest 92L is likely to become a tropical cyclone within the next 24 to 48 hours. It is likely to become a tropical storm, and at that point will be named Barry. 92L poses a serious threat to Louisiana and Texas, with a hurricane landfall predicted by mostRead More →
Ever since Andrea’s brief existence during the latter half of May and 91L’s tease at formation at the start of June, the Atlantic has been rather quiet. While this is typical, as June is normally a very quiet month, there has been a marked lack in any disturbances within theRead More →
Article information and forecast thoughts as of 15:30Z on June 2nd 91L currently is located at 19.6*N 94.5*W, with maximum winds of 25mph, and a pressure of 1007mb. Invest 91L has formed in the north Atlantic ocean and has shown positive signs for development over the past couple of days.Read More →
An area of disturbed weather which the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has been monitoring for the past three days has been officially designated as Subtropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. An Air Force “Hurricane Hunter” reconnaissance aircraft was flying into the storm MondayRead More →
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