Satellite measurements of sea surface temperatures provide clues to the potential for tropical cyclone development.
Published Jun 4, 2014
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
Forecasters are calling for an active storm season in the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, in the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Barbara made an early-season landfall in southern Mexico.
Published Jun 1, 2013
This map provides a summary of the very active 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, showing both the track each storm took and the rain it produced.
Published Dec 3, 2010
This color-coded image from June 1, 2010, shows which equatorial ocean waters are warm enough to promote hurricane formation.
Published Jun 3, 2010
The first hurricane of the 2014 season churned over the Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico in late May.
Published May 28, 2014
Hurricane season was remarkably quiet in the North Atlantic, while the Western Pacific was as active and dangerous as ever.
Published Dec 7, 2013
Tropical Cyclone Cristina reached Category 4 status as it churned over the eastern Pacific Ocean in June 2014.
Published Jun 14, 2014
The storm became the earliest second major hurricane in eastern Pacific records, but the dynamic storm appeared to stir up enough cold seawater to cut down on its own strength.
Published Jun 6, 2015
The 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season broke record after record: most named storms, lowest pressure measured in the Atlantic, longest-lived December hurricane, and the list goes on. This image provides a summary of the season, with the track of each named storm marked in black. In all, 30 tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes formed in 2005. Of these, 26 were named storms, a status given to tropical storms and hurricanes.
Published Dec 17, 2005
Thirty major hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones occurred in the northern hemisphere in 2015—the previous record was 23—and many of them reached places that don't see many storms.
Published Dec 5, 2015
TRMM reveals that although Bill did not yet have an eye or eyewall, it did have a well-developed cyclonic circulation as evidenced by the curvature in the rain bands that spiral in towards the center.
Published Aug 17, 2009
