An overview of what's going on in the tropics....
” early Thu. but is expected to be short-lived. Having said that... No threat to any land areas.is moving west off the coast of Africa. This system will soon be “Katia” but should stay over the far Eastern Atlantic.will move west off of Africa over the weekend. This wave has a good chance to develop over the main development region through next week & could become a textbook long track hurricane. There *COULD* be a threat to parts of the Caribbean &/or the U.S.
Check out the upper oceanic heat content [tropical cyclone heat potential/TCHP] across the SW Atlantic, Gulf & Caribbean. The warmth is very deep. But keep in mind warm ocean temps. alone doesn’t necessarily equate to a “big” hurricane season but it’s obvious there is a lot of very warm water at great depths over the Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico:Averages below based on climatology for the Atlantic Basin for August:Saharan dust spreads west each year from Africa by the prevailing winds .
Deep oceanic heat content over the Gulf, Caribbean & deep tropical Atlantic. The brighter colors are expanding dramatically as we near the peak of the hurricane season.:Surface analysis of the Gulf:for 24, 48 & 72 hours respectively:
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Talking the Tropics With Mike: Idalia over the West Atlantic while tropical storm Jose developsAn overview of what's going on in the tropics....
Read more »
Talking the Tropics With Mike: Idalia makes landfall on the Big Bend of FloridaAn overview of what's going on in the tropics....
Read more »
Talking the Tropics With Mike: Idalia makes landfall on the Big Bend of FloridaAn overview of what's going on in the tropics....
Read more »
Quieter day following Idalia locally, eyes turn to other activity in the tropicsAction News Jax’s First Alert Weather Team is predicting a much quieter day across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia following the landfall of Hurricane Idalia.
Read more »
Oceans are losing their deep-blue hue across the tropics, study findsHuman activity is suspected to have caused the change, according to the report published at Nature.com.
Read more »
The tropics are still very activeThere are currently 3 named storms and 2 areas of interest in the Atlantic.
Read more »