Tropical Wave

7/24/20 Tropical Weather Update - Douglas, Gonzalo, Hanna & the next Wave

7/24/20 Tropical Weather Update – Douglas, Gonzalo, Hanna & the next Wave

The tropics remain reasonably active as we move through the end of July. Not to say there are multiple monster Hurricanes, but two Tropical Storms and another wave coming off of Africa. Tropical Storm Hanna is in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm Gonzalo is out in the open Atlantic east of the Windward Islands. And the next wave after… Read more →

WX Info: What does "Tropical development" even mean?

WX Info: What does “Tropical development” even mean?

Now that we are into Hurricane Season, there will a lot of coverage about every tropical wave that poses some kind of threat to develop. But what does “development” mean? In short, it is simply the growth from one step to another step along the list of Tropical Weather Lingo below. Possible development doesn’t mean “definite hurricane” or even that… Read more →