This color-coded image from June 1, 2010, shows which equatorial ocean waters are warm enough to promote hurricane formation.
Published Jun 3, 2010
Abnormally warm ocean temperatures and a potential La Niña set the stage for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season.
Published Jul 17, 2020
In early August, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised downward slightly their early-season predictions of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.
Published Aug 16, 2006
Warm sea surface temperatures help fuel hurricanes, and in 2006, those temperatures were cooler than expected. Why the difference between 2005 and 2006? William Lau of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Kyu-Myong Kim of University of Maryland-Baltimore County think the answer comes from the Sahara, namely dust.
Published Apr 18, 2007
Satellite measurements of sea surface temperatures provide clues to the potential for tropical cyclone development.
Published Jun 4, 2014
Plenty of warm-water fuel waits in the Atlantic Basin for Hurricane Irene and other tropical storms to build themselves up in August 2011.
Published Aug 25, 2011
Tropical waters are warm, as usual, but not unusually so.
Published Jun 1, 2012
