TRACKING THE TROPICS

The strong low-pressure system in the middle of the Atlantic has broken free of the fronts that were attached to it, so it meets the criteria to become a named system.

Hurricane season is still hanging on.

The last few years when October was so slow, an El Niño was underway.

The short answer is…maybe, but probably not.

The National Hurricane Center is giving the disturbance off the Southeast coast a decent chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm for a hot minute over the weekend.

The National Hurricane Center is making note of a broad area of disturbed weather over the southern Bahamas.

Still-powerful Hurricane Sam finally started to weaken overnight as it slipped past Bermuda about 200 miles to the east.

Hurricane Sam is a classic, super-intense hurricane. Thankfully, it will clearly turn north well away from the Caribbean islands and well east of Florida and the Bahamas. Bermuda will have to watch it as the storm approaches that island toward the end of the week.

Confidence is now high that Hurricane Sam will avoid the Caribbean islands as the storm arcs off to the north.

Tropical Storm Odette finally formed off the Mid-Atlantic coast yesterday.

Tropical Disturbance #1 is trying to consolidate in the extreme southern Gulf of Mexico. The

The weak disturbance that started in the Caribbean is over Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and forecast to drift into the Gulf of Mexico by late today.

Hurricane Larry is on a path to be a large and very strong hurricane in the tropical Atlantic between the Caribbean islands and Africa.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell encouraged her residents to stay inside, shelter in place and hunker down.

Hurricane Ida is expected to continue strengthening as it moves across warm water in the Gulf of Mexico and toward the Gulf Coast.

The animals came from four shelters in southern Louisiana that are at risk of being damaged due to the storm, so staff members reached out to the folks at the Humane Society of Broward County for help.

Its projected path has Hurricane Ida making landfall near New Orleans Sunday night, and for that reason, residents have been busy preparing as best they can.

The ingredients are coming together for Hurricane Ida to strengthen and grow larger before it plows into southern Louisiana tomorrow – 16 years to the day after Katrina made landfall on the eastern edge of the state.

After threatening to wobble west toward central Long Island, Henri has drifted slightly east.

Saturday and Saturday evening are all that left to get everybody to a safe place before dangerous weather from Henri arrives on Long Island and across southern New England overnight.

Disorganized Tropical Storm Grace is speeding west just south Puerto Rico.

What’s left of Fred is edging toward the waters west of the Florida Keys. It’s not much of a tropical system, but it has a lot of tropical moisture.

The National Hurricane Center is continuing to call out three systems spread out across the tropical Atlantic.

The large area of disturbed weather across the tropical Atlantic just south of the Saharan dust plume has three distinct circulations embedded in it.

The Tropical Disturbance we have been following is a large swirl of clouds off the east coast of Florida.

The Tropical Disturbance we have been following offshore of Central Florida has a well-defined circulation with strong thunderstorms on the south and east side.

Local 10 News' Roy Ramos traveled up to Cedar Key, which is near the big bend of the state, located about an hour southwest of Gainesville.

Many locals in Key West aren't overly concerned about Tropical Storm Elsa, though officials are urging them to be cautious.

Tropical Storm Elsa has the potential of strengthening back into a hurricane Sunday, as it continues to track near or just west of Key West.

Hurricane Elsa continues to fly through the Caribbean on its way to the waters south of Haiti and eastern Cuba.

A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the Florida Keys from Craig Key westward to the Dry Tortugas as Tropical Storm Elsa began slowing down Saturday evening as it passes between Haiti and Jamaica.

South Florida is in the cone of concern as a new system has strengthened and is now Tropical Depression Five.