Tropical Storm Iona forms in Central Pacific
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There's some good news in the tropics: All is quiet, even though there are four tropical waves out there, including three in the Caribbean. What's more, no tropical disturbances are expected to develop over the next seven days, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane season stretches six months from June through November, but there is a distinct peak in activity that ramps up beginning in August and lasting into October because of several factors in the atmosphere and ocean.
It’s been a quiet start to the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, but all that could change dramatically as we head into the first part of August.
A so-far unremarkable Atlantic hurricane season is heading for a 'pivot point,' forecasters warn. Here's what to expect.
As we discussed in Friday’s newsletter, the Atlantic is beginning its pivot into the traditionally busiest 6-week stretch of the hurricane season.
A tropical wave moving across the Atlantic Ocean has no chance of further development as environmental conditions became more unfavorable, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday morning. Forecasters sent their final update on the disturbance at 1 a.m. Tuesday.
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The National Hurricane Center is now tracking four tropical waves with the development of a new one in the Caribbean.
While environmental conditions were marginally conducive for some development, forecasters said development would be slow and the wave is expected to hit conditions that will be unfavorable in the coming days. As of Monday morning, the system had a 20% chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm in the next seven days.
A tropical wave is interacting with a broad low pressure area to produce the showers and thunderstorms in the open Atlantic Ocean.
Saharan dust may be chipping away at the current tropical system, but experts say it usually winds down before August.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is continuing to monitor an area of low pressure to watch along the southeastern United States coastline, which still has the possibility of developing into a tropical system,