Hurricane season can get pretty confusing when it comes to terminology - we get it. From a cluster of thunderstorms, to a ...

Colder waters, disruptive winds, a missing wave train and lower Coriolis force form a near-perfect storm shield, meaning ...

Hurricane season can get pretty confusing when it comes to terminology - we get it. There are a lot of terms that sound similar, but their distinctions are crucial throughout the life cycle of a ...

Here is a breakdown of the different stages of tropical development: Tropical development starts as either a wave or disturbance. From there, after better organization, an area of low pressure forms.

A classic example of a circulation leaving the Gulf only to return as a tropical cyclone was Hurricane Ivan back in 2004. However, that system was a powerful hurricane and not a weak disturbance ...

The system is one of the first signs of a major tropical development as the Atlantic hurricane season begins. Early predictions have signaled that 2025 could have an above-normal hurricane season ...

Tropical cyclone is the generic term used by the National Weather Service, NOAA and the National Hurricane Center for any tropical system, even if it's in the tropical Atlantic basin.

Chantal has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone and the flash flood threat from the storm has waned, the National Hurricane Center said late Monday night, July 7. As of 11 p.m. ET on July 7 ...

Alex DaSilva, lead hurricane forecaster for AccuWeather, said a layer of Saharan air combined with cyclone-killing wind shear will keep anything tropical that forms along the stalled front on the ...

A tropical depression has formed off the Southeast U.S. coast on July 4, the National Hurricane Center said, as a tropical storm watch has been issued for portions of the South Carolina coastline.