Tropical Update: August 7th, 2017

Potential Tropical Cyclone Seven was upgraded to Tropical Storm Franklin last night as expected, and is currently moving northwest towards Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Invest 99L is also hanging on east of the Lesser Antilles. Tropical Storm Franklin As of the…

Tropical Update: August 5th, 2017

In case you missed our Facebook updates, we now have Invest 90L in the Caribbean in addition to Invest 99L in the far Eastern Atlantic. Invest 99L Satellite images this afternoon show that 99L is still moving west, has some…

Tropical Update: August 3rd, 2017

Both the feature in the Gulf and the one in the Central Tropical Atlantic we mentioned in our update on Tuesday no longer have any potential for development (not that they had much to begin with). However, we are now…

Tropical Update: August 1st, 2017

Emily is now a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35mph — and is no longer a concern for the United States — as it is located off of Florida’s East Coast moving off to the northeast at 15mph,…

Tropical Storm Emily Forms in Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Invest 98L managed to quickly spin up this morning just west of Tampa, and is now Tropical Storm Emily. Tropical Storm Emily will track across Florida today into tomorrow. As a result, tropical storm warnings have been issued for portions…

Tropical Update: July 26th, 2017

A tropical wave in the far Eastern Atlantic, just south of the Cabo Verde Islands moving west, has some potential for development. Satellite images this evening show that the wave only has only a moderate area of disorganized convective activity.…

Tropical Update: July 19th, 2017

The tropics are quiet once again across the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Don Dissipates; 96L Not a Threat Tropical Storm Don degenerated into an open wave in the Southeastern Caribbean last night, after succumbing to unfavorable upper-level winds. Meanwhile, development of…