BREAKING: Invest 94-L Upgraded to Tropical Depression 4

The hurricane hunters have found that invest 94-L is now a tropical depression and it has been upgraded to tropical depression 4.  Location: As of 4:00pm CDT TD4 was located over the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico at 19.9°N 94.7°W and is moving…

Invest 94-L is Likelyto Become a Tropical Depression Today

Invest 94-L  appears poised to become the next tropical depression and potentially 4th named storm of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season sometime later today  or tomorrow. Location: 94-L is currently located over the Bay of Campeche at 20.3°N 94.3°W. 94-l is currently…

Invest 94-L Tagged; Could Develop Over Southern Gulf

A tropical wave located over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula has been tagged as invest 94-L this morning. Development odds: Invest 94-L does have some potential to develop over the Bay of Campeche over the next three to four days. However, it does have…

Models Still Hinting at Potential Gulf Development in 6 – 8 Days

Some of the model guidance continues to pick up on potential tropical development in the Western Gulf of Mexico between June 18th and 21st.  Models: The GFS, ECMWF, CMC, and NAVGEM models are all forecasting an area of low pressure to form in the Western…

Models Still Hinting at Possible Gulf Development Next Week

Some of the model guidance continues to pick up on potential tropical development in the Western Gulf of Mexico between June 18th and 21st.  Models: The GFS, ECMWF, CMC, and NAVGEM models are all forecasting an area of low pressure to form in the Western…

Ridge to Bring Excessive Heat Wednesday Through Sunday

A strong ridge of high pressure is expected to build across parts of the Southwest and South-Central U.S. this by mid-week and remain in place through at least this weekend. The ridge will cause excessive and dangerous heat across parts of the…

Strong to Severe Storms Possible Today

A weak upper-level low will move East across the Central Gulf Coast today. As the upper-low moves across the region it should cause scattered strong to marginally severe storms to develop across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi,  Alabama, and parts of the…

El Niño is Officially Over

The strong 2015 El Niño is officially over. El Niño dissipated and ENSO-neutral conditions returned during over the past month, as indicated by the expansion of near-to-below average surface temperatures (SST) across the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.   In addition…