NHC News

TS Ernesto Strengthens; Expected to Impact Belize, Mexico; AIR Analysis

Tropical Storm Ernesto is gaining strength as it moves west-northwest at around 13 mph, 20 km/h, according to the latest bulletin – 5:00 a.m. EDT – from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. As it moves along the forecast track …

UPDATE: TS Ernesto Crossing Caribbean; AIR Analysis

Tropical Storm Ernesto is continuing along the track forecast by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, as it crosses the southern Caribbean, heading towards Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The most recent NHC bulletin said maximum sustained winds were 50 mph, 85 …

NHC Tracking TS Ernesto in Caribbean

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Tropical Storm Ernesto, as it progresses further into the Caribbean Sea. According to the NHC’s 8:00 A.M. AST bulletin, Ernesto was about 40 miles, 65 km, west southwest of the island …

NHC Tracking Huge Low Pressure System in Gulf of Mexico

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently monitoring a huge low pressure area, roughly the size of the entire Gulf of Mexico, extending from the west coast of Florida to the Yucatan Peninsula. The area is “disorganized” at present …

Chris Becomes First Hurricane of Season – No Threat to Land

The most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami confirms that tropical storm Chris has strengthened into a “category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale,” the first of the present season. Hurricane Chris was located about …

Tropical Storm Chris Forms in Atlantic; No Threat to Land

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Tropical Storm Chris, the third named storm of the current Atlantic hurricane season, but it does not expect it to cause any damage on land. According to the NHC’s most recent …

Tropical Depression Alberto is Atlantic’s First Named Storm

It may not be much of a storm compared to what may follow, but Alberto, which formed off the coast of North Carolina, has become the first named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. However, Alberto poses no threat …

Hurricane Center Tracking Hurricane Hilary off Coast of Mexico; Atlantic Storms

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Hurricane Hilary in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula. The NHC’s latest bulletin, issued at 2:00 a.m. PDT, said “maximum sustained winds have …

Hurricane Center Tracking TS Ophelia; Poses No Immediate Threat

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking the season’s latest named storm, Ophelia, the 15th of the current season. As of 5:00 a.m. AST it was about 1020 miles, 1640 kms, east-southeast of the Leeward Islands. The NHC …

Hurricane Center Tracking 3 Atlantic Storms: Katia, Maria and Nate

It’s a busy time of year for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The NHC is currently following one hurricane – Katia, and two tropical storms – Maria and Nate. Katia is following the previously forecast track between the east …