Fay fades out as dust dominates the tropics

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay are speeding out of the Northeast and into Canada today. The flow around the bottom side of that large low-pressure system put a light ...

Wet weather pattern for South Florida while tropics stay quiet

An upper-level low pressure system will cover the Southeast U.S. for the next week. It will scoop waves of moisture out of the tropics and over South Florida. This config...

Tropics are quiet, with dry air over South Florida temporarily

Dust and dry air from the Sahara Desert in Africa have spread over the tropical Atlantic. This so-called Saharan Air Layer tends to keep tropical systems from forming by ...