Tracking new disturbances in the eastern Atlantic this week
Potential Tropical Cyclone Four over the western Gulf moved ashore shortly after sunset yesterday with little fanfare.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Four over the western Gulf moved ashore shortly after sunset yesterday with little fanfare.
The disturbance over the northern Gulf spawned late last week by the leftovers of an old frontal boundary is moving inland over south Texas this morning between Brownsville along the U.S./Mexico border and Corpus Christi.
South Florida’s hot in July. Tell us something we don’t already know, especially this July, one of the warmer ones of the past 25 years.
A disturbance off the coast of Africa may organize into a tropical depression by middle week, becoming the first tropical system in the Atlantic since July 3 and kicking off what is traditionally the busiest stretch of the Atlantic hurricane season.
A robust tropical wave – a ripple in atmospheric winds 5,000 to 10,000 feet up triggering a large area of showers and thunderstorms – is emerging today off the coast of Africa.
The summer vacation the Atlantic’s taken for much of July has been a welcome sight, but there are signs the vacation may be coming to an end as we close out the month.
As quickly as Tropical Storm Colin spun up Friday and Saturday over South Carolina, Colin unraveled by early this morning over eastern North Carolina.
We continue to monitor two areas for potential development in the tropics this morning, but neither is a concern for South Florida at this time.
After a spate of storminess for the first half of June, the tropical Atlantic looks to be quieting down, at least for the near term. Disruptive wind shear across the preferred June formation areas of the southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean will keep organized activity at bay this week.
As mid-June draws near, there is a “hush” over the Atlantic basin, in part due to the presence of the Saharan Air Layer or SAL.