Louisiana residents prepare for Hurricane Francine strengthening As the state prepares for Hurricane Francine, many communities along Louisiana’s coast are under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders. Louisiana residents prepared for landfall Wednesday after Francine strengthened into a hurricane, threatening the Gulf Coast with damaging winds, up to 12 inches of rain and storm surges of […]
Francine develops into a hurricane before it reaches land Tropical Storm Francine has rapidly strengthened this afternoon. Francine is expected to become a hurricane before making landfall. The National Hurricane Center’s experimental “cone of concern” is active for Tropical Storm Francine, displaying warnings and alerts issued for inland counties. Francine is expected to strengthen into […]
Tropical Storm Francine On Monday, Francine crept northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico on a path that forecasters expected to make landfall somewhere along the Louisiana coast later in the week. Francine is forecast to continue moving slowly before picking up speed on Tuesday while intensifying and possibly becoming a hurricane before it is expected […]
Here are the five states most affected by hurricanes With hurricane season still raging, here’s a look at the five states most frequently hit by hurricanes. A potential tropical storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico could strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane by Wednesday and head toward the coast of Upper Texas or southwest […]
Current tropical systems in the Atlantic basin. NOAA It’s as if nature reads the calendar, too. Much has been made of the recent slumber of the Atlantic hurricane season. The lull in August surprised many scientists, as ocean temperatures were correspondingly warm and an active season was predicted. I suspect Saharan dust, drier air, and […]
Mike Snider, Eduardo Cuevas, John Gallas and Cheryl McCloud | USA TODAY Network Development of a tropical storm possible in the first week of September The first tropical storm in the Atlantic since mid-August could form before the end of the first week of September. The National Hurricane Center was tracking two tropical waves in […]
Development of a tropical storm possible in the first week of September The first tropical storm in the Atlantic since mid-August could form before the end of the first week of September. The National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring four tropical disturbances in the Atlantic, including one in the Gulf of Mexico that is expected […]
A lull in activity, despite predictions of a hyperactive season, has surprised and confused scientists who make seasonal forecasts. Tropical waves explained: How tropical waves affect the weather Tropical waves do not refer to the storm surges seen during a tropical storm or hurricane. It is a purely meteorological term that describes the initial phase […]
Development of a tropical storm possible in the first week of September The first tropical storm in the Atlantic since mid-August could form before the end of the first week of September. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring five disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean. All of them have a low probability of developing in the […]
Development of a tropical storm possible in the first week of September The first tropical storm in the Atlantic since mid-August could form before the end of the first week of September. The National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring five tropical disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean, the agency said in an alert early Thursday morning. […]
