The Latest
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Helene leaves behind apocalyptic scenes, a humanitarian catastrophe that's still unfolding
No one can hide from the truth. Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, are becoming more extreme.
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Historic Hurricane Helene larger than 90% of tropical cyclones: John Morales
Mean Helene is on a mission to be yet another multibillion-dollar disaster.
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The Central American gyre and how it relates to tropical systems
In what has turned into a below-average hurricane season by many measures, a lack of areas of interest in the tropical Atlantic means all eyes are laser-focused on the one area in which something — anything — might develop.
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By many metrics, this season has ‘suddenly become quite ordinary': John Morales
This is the week in which historical statistics caught up with the activity we’ve seen so far.
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‘Global weirding': John Morales among forecasters scratching head as hurricane season goes quiet
It’s not even halftime and we’ve had two U.S. hurricane landfalls, including beastly Beryl, and more could come.
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Party's over – busy time ahead in the Tropical Atlantic: John Morales
For those of us who never want to see a hurricane again, the hardest weeks of the year are ahead.
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John Morales explains conditions causing late-August lull in the tropics
It’s a lull, and it’s dull. But no one’s complaining.
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See how climate change influences sea surface temps – and how that plays a role this hurricane season
Hurricanes feed off of warm ocean waters. What happens then when that ocean heat is made 400 times more likely due to human-caused climate change? You get record-shattering Hurricane Beryl. Unusually warm ocean temperatures contributed to Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification. Climate Central’s new Climate Shift Index: Ocean (Ocean CSI) methodology, which quantifies the influence of climate change on sea...
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John Morales on NOAA's updated seasonal outlook and the next potential tropical disturbance
NOAA doubled down on its forecast for a hyperactive hurricane season yesterday.
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John Morales explains the potential impact of incoming tropical disturbance, why we've tracked it for days
NHC implemented a new longer-range Tropical Weather Outlook (TWO) this year. It is, in my (maybe unpopular) opinion, counterproductive.