Tropical Storm Zeta has weakened slightly after giving the Yucatan Peninsula a relentless pounding over night with tropical storm and hurricane conditions. The storm has now emerged off of the Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico has its eyes set on making a second landfall near New Orleans, LA. CurrentRead More →
Hurricane Epsilon turned post-tropical early this morning, and is already halfway through its Atlantic ocean crossing. Epsilon is now a huge extratropical cyclone however, and has triggered wind watches for southern Iceland. As depicted in this recent graphic by Force Thirteen UK and Ireland, Epsilon has an enormous wind fieldRead More →
Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) is one of the truest indicators of cyclone activity in any particular year, as it uses a formula to calculate energy produced by all tropical cyclones for every six hour period. This means that long-lived storms, even if they aren’t as strong, get better recognition andRead More →
Epsilon is the 26th name storm in record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed on October 19th and got named just 3 hours after, surpassing the previous record of the earliest formation of the 26th name storm in a season, established by Delta 2005. Earlier it’s only expected to strengthenRead More →
Tropical Storm Gamma made landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula earlier today, and was very close to hurricane strength as it made its way onshore. Maximum winds at landfall were 70 mph (110 km/h), and the minimum central pressure was 980 mb. Gamma is the twenty-fourth named storm of the record-breakingRead More →
Overview The record breaking 2020 Atlantic Season has just smashed another record, becoming the second season ever to exhaust the 21 name long naming list, forcing the Greek alphabet to be brought out for the first time since 2005. Currently, a parade of storms are churning throughout the Atlantic basin,Read More →
Overview Tropical Storm Sally, the eighteenth named storm in the relentless 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season will likely become a hurricane on approach to Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday. As of 7AM CDT on September 13, Sally was located at 27.3N and 84.6W with winds of 50mph and a pressure ofRead More →
As we pass the climatological peak of the hurricane season, the Atlantic Ocean has been more active than ever. With four systems at tropical depression strength or higher simultaneously active, this is the first time such activity has been seen since September 2018. Of these four systems, two of them,Read More →
Two tropical cyclones, Paulette and 18, both formed within the last 12 hours, are currently active in the Atlantic basin. As of 11:00 am AST, Paulette was producing sustained winds of 35 knots (40 mph), and a pressure of 1005 millibars. Paulette was moving to the west-northwest at 3 knotsRead More →
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