Tracking the Tropics

Tracking the Tropics: What is wind shear and how does it affect hurricanes?

Tracking the Tropics Week 5: June storms, Hurricane Hazel & the nickname ‘Hurricane Alley’

Saharan dust Q&A: Densest plume in decades bringing hazy, colorful skies to Gulf coast

Tracking the Tropics: How do hurricanes form?

Tracking the Tropics, Week 4: Saharan dust blankets Caribbean as Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the northern Atlantic

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Tracking the Tropics: Saharan dust limiting tropical activity for near future

Tracking the Tropics: Keeping an eye on Gulf of Mexico as water temperatures get warmer

Tracking the Tropics Week 2: Cristobal weakens to tropical depression, rains persist

Tracking the Tropics: Cristobal now a depression drenching Mississippi River basin

Tracking the Tropics: Cristobal strengthens to tropical storm, watches in effect for parts of Gulf Coast

Tracking the Tropics: Cristobal weakens to tropical depression before move back to Gulf

Tracking the Tropics: Tropical Storm Cristobal moving slowly causing heavy rainfall

Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in Gulf of Mexico

Tracking the Tropics: Hurricane season is officially underway

Third named storm likely as 2020 Atlantic hurricane season begins