Beryl is expected to continue moving across the western Caribbean after it slams Jamaica on Wednesday. By Friday, the storm could still be a major category hurricane or at the very least a strong category two hurricane as it inches closer to southeast Mexico. The Yucatán Peninsula should prepare for a category three hurricane asked […]

Florida’s warm waters and bright sunny beaches attract millions of tourists each year, but there's a hidden danger that is hard to spot from land, and it’s the driver of the biggest weather-related killer in the State: rip currents. These hidden dangers form when waves break near the shoreline, pile up water and form a […]

After what was forecasted as a well advertised historic start to the 2024 hurricane season, it took a few weeks for the tropics to heat up, but once it did, the month of June became an unprecedented start to the season. Exceptionally powerful category 4 Beryl formed the earliest ever for a June Atlantic hurricane. […]

Tropical Storm Beryl is forecasted to become a major hurricane just before arriving to the Windward Islands. The latest forecast from meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center predicts that Beryl will become a hurricane later Saturday night, and a major category 3 hurricane with sustained winds up to 115 mph by Monday morning. The system […]

The National Hurricane Center has started advisories on Tropical Depression Two. The depression is currently located over 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. It is a very healthy-looking system that could establish a record if it were to strengthen to hurricane status before it reaches the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. The last […]

As it is typical in the month of June Saharan dust takes over much of the tropics. The deep layer of Saharan dust is currently located over the central Caribbean and is suppressing the chances for tropical storm formation in this area. On the periphery of the deeper concentrations of dust there are two tropical […]

[embedded content] Surrounded by towering anvil clouds and percolating summer storms off in the distance, the GOES-U satellite, the fourth and final member of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-R series, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center late on Tuesday afternoon. The GOES-U caught a ride aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from […]

The Cape has been extremely busy in the last few years with the addition of private space companies launching from Kennedy Space Center. This week is no different, with at least 3 launches scheduled for the next 7 days. All launches are special, but this week is extra special for the weather enterprise because aboard […]