Hurricanes and tropical storms can form at any time of year, but are most active when ocean waters are warmest in the Atlantic Basin, between June 1 and November 30. The climatological peak for ...

All early indications are that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be a busy one. The combination of La Niña and record warm water temperatures are expected to bring an above-average number of ...

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday joined other federal agencies making the official switch of renaming the Gulf of ...

the Atlantic basin has three active hurricanes in October or later,” CIRA said, crediting a CSU researcher for the statistic. By Sunday afternoon, Milton intensified from a tropical storm into a ...

H elene was nearly retired: Tropical storm and hurricane name lists in the Atlantic Basin repeat every six years unless one ...

The Atlantic basin saw 20 named storms in 2023, ranking 4th for most-named storms in a year. Tropical cyclone names are selected by the World Meteorological Organization. (Image credit ...

Warming oceans fuel stronger tropical cyclones that bring more heavy rainfall and higher storm surge when they ... has likely increased in the Atlantic basin since 1970 and may become more common ...

which creates wind shear that can make tropical storm and hurricane formation unfavorable in the Atlantic basin. Those upper level winds flow toward the east while trade winds blow in the opposite ...

This image shows Hurricane Darby approaching the islands in mid-July. Darby was the only tropical cyclone to reach the Central Pacific basin this ... season in the Atlantic that also ended on ...