Storms in the North Atlantic are lingering longer near the coast, leading to significantly more rainfall.
Published Jun 6, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Floods Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
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, 2013Tropical waters are warm, as usual, but not unusually so.
Published Jun 1, 2012Thirty 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, 2015This image of ocean temperatures on June 30, 2009, shows why storms that form in the early part of the Atlantic hurricane season tend to happen in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Published Jul 2, 2009Abnormally warm ocean temperatures and a potential La Niña set the stage for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season.
Published Jul 17, 2020This 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, 2010Aircraft campaigns have the potential to help scientists answer one of the toughest challenges in hurricane forecasting.
Published Oct 17, 2017Warm 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