Hurricane season for people on the East Coast is a familiar six-month-long event, but for people on the West Coast, seeing a tropical cyclone is an unusual site.

After several locations in Florida, including Key West, Fort Myers, Miami, Tampa and Sarasota recorded their warmest month on record in July, the Southeast Regional Climate Center is predicting that more records may be broken again this month. Warm water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico have contributed to high humidity and what feels-like triple […]

Tropical Storm Harold made landfall on Padre Island late this morning with max sustained winds of 50 mph. Franklin is still forecasted to turn into a weak hurricane this weekend.

We still have 5 areas of interest that are dominating the tropics today.

We are starting things off in the tropics this week with 3 tropical storms and 2 other disturbances. We had two tropical storms form on Sunday in the Atlantic, and another was named very early this morning. Emily was born Sunday morning, followed by Franklin in the afternoon, then Gert was named just after midnight […]

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring four areas of interest in the Tropical Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Two tropical waves in central and eastern Atlantic have become more organized today. The National Hurricane Center has given these two areas a moderate chance to develop in the next several days. The latest models are moving the systems westward to the Central Atlantic. There is much uncertainty of how the systems could further develop […]

With this dangerous heat wave forecasted to keep smothering the southern U.S. and Florida the next several weeks, it is important to know the key differences between heat-related illnesses. The combination of heat and humidity will result in dangerously high “feels like” temperatures to continue hitting the triple digits. These conditions could prompt significant health […]