GMI Hurricane Wedge

01/29/2025

The National Hurricane Center has completed and released the Tropical Cyclone Report of 2024’s Hurricane Debby. Debby was a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) that made landfall along the Florida Big Bend. After emerging over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Debby transitioned to a subtropical storm and made a second landfall in South Carolina. Debby produced devastating flash and river flooding impacts across portions of the southeastern United States and was responsible for 18 fatalities (12 direct) and over $4 billion (USD) in damage in the United States and Canada. For the full report on Debby, please visit: www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL042024_Debby.pdf

GOES-EAST INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGE OF HURRICANE DEBBY MAKING LANDFALL IN THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA AT 1100 UTC 5 AUGUST 2024. IMAGE COURTESY NOAA/NESDIS/STAR.

01/29/2025

The ocean is peaceful and beautiful but it can also be rough and dangerous at times, especially when there is inclement weather. How do cruise ship captains know when to steer away from large ocean swells which can make passengers seriously seasick? Where do fishermen receive information on impending storms so that they can return to port? Where does the U.S. Coast Guard get the latest marine and weather information before conducting their search and rescue, and law enforcement missions? A team of dedicated tropical and marine meteorologists at the Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch of the National Hurricane Center in Miami is one such unique weather and marine forecasting unit that provides this vital information. To learn more, visit:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/dba3c15c69704bd4b7b70e4bf3fac282

01/29/2025

The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB) and the NOAA NWS Ocean Prediction Center hosted two live webinars on winter weather forecasting and TAFB's marine products and services. You can check out the recorded webinars here:

https://youtu.be/eCqoxMCu2TM?si=fP7TbEjMAO90w4iL
https://youtu.be/4b5frarGrr8?si=rE3cD9Sv_8X8eCXO

12/18/2024

11/13/2024

Latest Tropical Weather Outlook:

7:00 PM EST Tuesday November 12, 2024

1. Central and Western Caribbean Sea (AL99):

Showers and thunderstorms over the central Caribbean Sea have become more organized in associated with a broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions appear conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next couple of days while the system moves slowly westward into the western Caribbean Sea. Afterward, further development is likely while the disturbance meanders over the western Caribbean Sea through the weekend. The system is forecast begin moving slowly northwestward by early next
week. Interests across the western and northwestern Caribbean Sea should monitor the progress of this system. Regardless of development, heavy rains are expected over Jamaica and portions of Haiti during the next day or so.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...High...70%.
* Formation chance through 7 days...High...90%.

En Español: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATWOSAT.shtml

For the latest forecast, visit: Hurricanes.gov

For the latest marine forecast, visit: Hurricanes.gov/marine

11/13/2024

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10/15/2024

10/15/2024

10/15/2024

This Monday, a well-defined area of low pressure located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This system is currently embedded in a dry environment, and development is unlikely over the next couple of days. However, this system is forecast to move generally westward toward warmer waters, and environmental conditions could become more favorable for gradual development by the middle to latter part of this week. A tropical depression could form as the system begins moving west-northwestward and approaches or moves near the Leeward Islands late this week. It has a low (10 percent) chance of formation in the next 48 hours and a medium (50 percent) chance in the next 7 days.

En Español: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATWOSAT.shtml
For the latest forecast, visit: Hurricanes.gov
Marine forecast: Hurricanes.gov/Marine

10/15/2024