NHC News

Hurricane Center Reports Katia Weakens; Tropical Depression 14 Forms

The 5:00 a.m. AST bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported that Hurricane Katia has weakened somewhat. It is now a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale with maximum sustained winds around 90 mph, 150 km/h, …

Katia Becomes Hurricane East of Leeward Islands

Tropical storm Katia has become the second hurricane of the season, as it passes over the warm water of the Atlantic Ocean. The most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami at 2:00 a.m. EDT located the storm …

Tropical Storm Katia Forms in Eastern Atlantic

The Miami-based National Hurricane Center is currently tracking Tropical Storm Katia, which formed earlier today out of tropical depression 12. The latest tropical storm of the already busy hurricane season is “moving quickly west-northwestward across the tropical Atlantic,” said the …

Forecasters Track Additional Storms

The forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami aren’t getting a great deal of rest these days, as the 2011 hurricane season heats up. After days spent tracking Hurricane Irene, the NHC is currently following tropical storm José, which …

Hurricane Irene – 1st of the Season – Could Hit Miami

Tropical Storm Irene strengthened into a hurricane as it came ashore over Puerto Rico, reaching category 1, according to the most recent bulletin, released at 5:00 AM AST, from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The center of Hurricane Irene …

NHC Tracking Tropical Storm Bret

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Bret, the second named tropical storm of the season. Unless it changes course, which is highly unlikely, Bret poses no threat to the U.S. mainland, as it is heading into the …

NOAA Forecasts ‘Above Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be “above normal”, spawning six to 10 hurricanes of which around half could become major, the U.S. government’s weather agency forecast Thursday. However, as the 2010 season showed – it was very active but …