The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, but a strengthening El Niño and plumes of Saharan dust continue to stack the odds against a major storm. A strong tropical wave that recently rolled off the coast of Africa is pushing westward across the open ocean between […] The post National Hurricane Center watches two Atlantic disturbances as El Niño tightens its grip on the season appeared first on American Almanac .
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, but a strengthening El Niño and plumes of Saharan dust continue to stack the odds against a major storm. A strong tropical wave that recently rolled off the coast of Africa is pushing westward across the open ocean between Cabo Verde and the Caribbean, carrying showers and thunderstorms with it. The NHC has assigned the system medium odds of developing into a tropical depression or storm over the next seven days, though hostile upper-level winds and thick dust pouring off North Africa's Saharan Desert stand in its path. Separately, a broad area of low pressure a few hundred miles east-southeast of Bermuda has earned the formal…Open
Tropical Storm Moke continues to churn in open waters in the Central Pacific, just days after Hurricane Lala left widespread destruction across Hawaii.
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts.
AI:Hurricane Lala has weakened back to a tropical storm after skirting Hawaii's coastline, though the system continues to lash the Big Island with heavy rain and hurricane-force wind gusts. Despite avoiding a direct landfall, the storm remains dangerous for residents dealing with ongoing weather impacts.Open
Tropical Storm Lala continues to track through the central Pacific Ocean and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii.
AI:Tropical Storm Lala is rapidly intensifying in the central Pacific, with meteorologists forecasting the storm will escalate into a hurricane before striking Hawaii's Big Island. While mainstream outlets peddle their usual incrementalist reports, the reality on the ground suggests a significant meteorological event capable of causing widespread disruption as the system approaches landfall.Open
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the open Atlantic on Wednesday morning and is already forecast to fall apart by evening, but a more consequential system, Invest 92L, is organizing behind it with a high chance of becoming a tropical depression within days. The National Hurricane Center gave Invest 92L high-range odds of developing into at […] The post Tropical Storm Cristobal fizzles as Invest 92L gains steam in the Atlantic appeared first on American Almanac .
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed in the open Atlantic on Wednesday morning and is already forecast to fall apart by evening, but a more consequential system, Invest 92L, is organizing behind it with a high chance of becoming a tropical depression within days. The National Hurricane Center gave Invest 92L high-range odds of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next two days, a designation that puts the system on a faster track than Cristobal ever managed. Cristobal, which strengthened from what had been Invest 93L, sits roughly 1,050 miles east-northeast of Bermuda and poses no threat to land. Hostile wind shear is tearing it apart. FOX Weather reported that the FOX Forecast Center expects Cristobal to dissipate…Open
