Tropical Weather Forecast - November 15, 2022
Things look quiet for now in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the North Atlantic. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
Tropical Weather Forecast - 11-14-2022
No new tropical cyclones are expected to form over the next 2 days, but the Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season is not over yet. So far, the numbers have been close to average.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 13, 2022
Seventeen days left in the Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season. Looks like the next 5 days will be quiet.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 12, 2022
The National Hurricane Center stopped issuing NICOLE advisories on Friday. The Weather Prediction Center took over advisories because what was left of the system brought heavy rains to the New England states.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 11, 2022
Nicole has now become Post-Tropical and the National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory. Nicole still has winds of 30 mph near Charleston, West Virginia and will pose the risk for flooding and a few tornadoes up around the Carolinas, Virginia, and other parts of the Mid-Atlantic. No other tropical cyclone activity is expected in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic, or Eastern Pacific over the next few days.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 10, 2022
Nicole made landfall around 3 am this morning just south of Vero Beach, FL as a 75 mph hurricane. Parts of Florida will continue to get coastal flooding and the threat of gusty winds and a few tornadoes. Nicole has now weakened to a Tropical Storm with winds of 45 mph on the west coast of Florida and is expected to weaken to a Tropical Depression tonight as it moves inland into southern Georgia. No other tropical cyclone development is expected over the next few days.
Nicole whips 100-mph gust at NASA's moon rocket on Kennedy Space Center launch pad
NASA managers decided earlier this week to leave the 322-foot-tall moon rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B, where it has been since the rollout on Nov. 4.
Nicole expected to make landfall as hurricane in Florida, bringing heavy rain, possible tornadoes
It may be November and the last few weeks of the 2022 hurricane season, but the tropics remain active with a rare November hurricane landfall expected in Florida late Wednesday night.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 9, 2022
Nicole is currently over the NW Bahamas as a strong tropical storm with 70 mph winds and is expected to become a hurricane by tonight. Overnight, Nicole is forecast to make landfall along the east coast of Florida, bringing the threat of coastal flooding, storm surge as high as 3-5 feet, and up to 8 inches of rain. Nicole will likely make landfall in between West Palm Beach and Melbourne, Florida between Midnight and 2 AM Thursday. A few tornadoes will also be possible. Outside of Nicole, the tropics are pretty quiet.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 8, 2022
Tropical Storm Nicole is a couple of hundred miles NE of the Bahamas & has 65 mph winds. It is forecast to become a hurricane by tomorrow and hit the Florida east coast late Wednesday night into early Thursday. Hurricane warnings are currently out for the NW Bahamas and for much of the Florida east coast. Another disturbance in the central Atlantic only has a 30% chance for tropical cyclone development over the next 2-5 days.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 7, 2022
Subtropical Storm Nicole has winds of 45 mph and is moving NW at 9 mph. Nicole is still east of the Bahamas and is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by Wednesday before making landfall on the east coast of Florida where some hurricane watches are in effect. Flooding, storm surge, and damaging winds will lash the Florida peninsula by the middle of the week. Another tropical disturbance is in the central Atlantic east of Bermuda with a 60% chance for development into a tropical cyclone.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 6, 2022
A low-pressure area to the north of Puerto Rico is expected to become a tropical storm by Monday night while it moves into the southwestern Atlantic. The system could be at or near hurricane strength before it approaches the northwestern Bahamas and the east coast of Florida.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 5, 2022
The GFS model has a low developing (possibly a tropical storm) and heading towards Florida. The National Hurricane Center is increasing their probability of tropical cyclone formation.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 4, 2022
Lisa is hanging out in the southern Gulf of Mexico as a Tropical Depression with winds of only 30 mph. It is expected to weaken to a post-tropical remnant low over the next few days, then fade away. I'm also watching two other areas of interest, a disturbance in the central Atlantic with only a 10% chance for development and an area that has the potential to see a tropical wave develop in the southwest Atlantic.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 3, 2022
Lisa made landfall in Belize yesterday afternoon and has quickly weakened to a Tropical Depression over SE Mexico. Martin is now a large and powerful post-tropical storm over the north Atlantic with 80 mph winds. It is not expected to have any direct impacts with land. Another tropical wave a few hundred miles east of Bermuda has only a 10% chance for development over the next 2-5 days.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 2, 2022
Hurricane Lisa has strengthened to 85 mph and as of this afternoon is making landfall near Belize City in Central America. It will bring heavy rain, strong winds and a storm surge threat to Belize and parts of the Yucatan Peninsula before weakening to a tropical depression by Thursday. Hurricane Martin is also at 85 mph in the north central Atlantic and is not expected to impact land. Martin will lose tropical characteristics as it races to the NE into colder waters.
Tropical Weather Forecast - November 1, 2022
We have rolled into the last leg of hurricane season but the tropics are heating up with two tropical storms, Lisa & Martin. Lisa is forecast to become a hurricane tonight and make landfall on the Belize coast Wednesday afternoon. Martin is in the north central Atlantic and quickly developed into a tropical storm today. It is only expected to impact shipping channels as it moves NE but should also become a hurricane by Wednesday.
Tropical Weather Forecast - October 31, 2022
Tropical Storm Lisa developed this morning over the central Caribbean and currently is south of Jamaica with 45 mph winds. It is forecast to develop to a 75 mph hurricane by Wednesday afternoon before making landfall around the coast of Belize Wednesday afternoon/evening. Another tropical wave closer to Bermuda has only a 10% chance of tropical cyclone formation.
Tropical Weather Forecast - October 30, 2022
The National Hurricane Center is initiating advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Fifteen, located over the central Caribbean Sea. This system is expected to become a named storm over the next 24 hours.
Tropical Weather Forecast - October 29, 2022
The National Hurricane Center is watching Invest-95L in the Caribbean. There is also some concern about a disturbance near Bermuda.