Hurricanes

Hurricane Humberto continues to strengthen and has become the third major hurricane of the season. It is currently a Cat 5 with 160mph maximum sustained winds. Nine is now a Tropical Depression and will soon become a Tropical Storm and be named Imelda. Our models (including the GFS, Euro and Fox Weather Model) show that it will near the Southeast Coast of the US this week.

Gabrielle has become Post-Tropical but is still expected to bring near hurricane-force winds to the Azores islands tonight and Friday. Gabrielle could also bring some wind and rain to far away places like Portugal and even northern Morocco! Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Humberto will gain strength as it moves in between the East Coast and Bermuda. On top of that, another tropical storm could form very close to Humberto near Puerto Rico. That system could be a threat anywhere from Florida to the Carolinas.

The tropics are very active, but no systems are close to Texas and none appear to be a concern. Hurricane Gabrielle is racing northeast away from Bermuda & the United States. But hurricane warnings are in effect for the Azores, where Hurricane Gabrielle will pass over Thursday night and Friday. Tropical Storm Humberto has formed in the Alantic and is expected to become a hurricane by this weekend as it moves northwest. Invest 94-L is bringing stormy weather to Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands. There's a chance one or both of these systems could bring rain & wind from Florida to the Carolinas from this weekend through next week.

Hurricane Gabrielle has become a textbook, intense major hurricane in the Atlantic - it is not affecting land, so is just a sight to behold. Elsewhere, two tropical waves, Invest 94L & 93L, are very close together east of the Caribbean and both pose a slight risk to the East Coast of the US with no threat to Texas. In Asia, Typhoon Ragasa will pass just south of Hong Kong with 140mph winds, so the southern coast of China is bracing for high winds and very large waves.

Hurricane Gabrielle is passing by Bermuda today as it has blown up into a massive major category 4 hurricane. But it's moving away from the U.S. and will not affect land over the next 4 days. It is expected to roll over the Azores late Thursday and Friday with winds still around 70 miles per hour. The remnant low could bring rain to places like France or Spain in about 6-7 days. Elsewhere, we're watching two tropical waves in the Atlantic and both have a decent chance to become tropical storms this week. They are both very far from Texas and look like a concern for the East Coast from Florida to North Carolina by this weekend.

When a hurricane makes landfall, you can expect the lights to go out. In this Hurricane Gear Test, we have a look at a lantern that operates with different types of batteries.

Things are getting complicated in the Atlantic. Gabrielle has now been upgraded to a hurricane. This system should continue to strengthen over the next several days possibly becoming a major hurricane by midweek. The National Hurricane Center is also keeping watch on two other areas for possible development into a tropical cyclone. One tropical wave has a 50% chance to become a tropical cyclone in the next 7 days and the other area has a 20% chance.

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Gabrielle, located over the central subtropical Atlantic. Gabrielle should become a hurricane within the next 24 hours. A tropical wave over the eastern Atlantic is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. While development is unlikely during the next couple of days, environmental conditions should gradually become more favorable for development of this disturbance by the middle to latter part of next week.

Gabrielle remains fairly weak and disorganized today, but could get stronger by the end of the weekend through Monday. It is forecast to become a hurricane Sunday into Monday as it gets closer to Bermuda. It is not a threat to the United States and only poses a slight risk for Bermuda as it passes east early next week. We have only had one hurricane this season so far. Other than Tropical Storm Gabrielle, there will be a couple of tropical waves that could develop in the Atlantic through the end of the month, but our computer models are not showing much to worry about.

A large, but previously poorly organized tropical wave was upgraded to Tropical Depression 7 early this morning and Tropical Storm Gabrielle by late morning. This ended a rare nearly three week stretch from late August to mid-September of no tropical activity in the Atlantic basin. The forecast track shows it is most likely going to stay away from the U.S. East Coast. But it will likely pose some sort of risk to Bermuda, so keep checking back.

Showers and thunderstorms associated INVEST 92L located about midway between the Windward Islands and the Cabo Verde Islands have become better organized since yesterday. Environmental conditions are conducive for additional development, and Tropical Storm Gabrielle is likely to form in the next day or two as the system moves west-northwestward or northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central tropical Atlantic.

A broad area of low pressure has formed roughly midway between the Windward Islands and the coast of west Africa. This system has become better organized since yesterday and is expected to move through a favorable environment for further development. A tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form by the middle to latter part of this week as the system moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central tropical Atlantic.

A tropical wave over the eastern tropical Atlantic is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Although dry and stable air is expected to limit development during the next day or so, gradual development is anticipated thereafter, and a tropical cyclone is likely to form during the middle part of this week as the system moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central tropical Atlantic.

FOX 26 Meteorologist Remeisha Shade has the latest on a possible area of development in the far east Atlantic Ocean.

The tropics are still remarkably quiet for mid-September, the typical peak of hurricane season. However, there is a pretty impressive tropical wave moving off the west coast of Africa today that models are really latching on to. There is a good chance that it will eventually become a tropical storm, or even a hurricane over the next 5-7 days. The system is thousands of miles from the Gulf, so no concern at this time. The next name on the list is Gabrielle.

Over the last 170 years of data, today, September 10th is the average peak of hurricane season. So, on average, today is the day with the highest likelihood for tropical storms and hurricanes. This year, however, conditions are very quiet in the Atlantic with no named storms or hurricanes for now. As of today, the national hurricane center is monitoring a new tropical wave coming off of the West Coast of Africa. It currently has a low chance for tropical development as it moves towards the west.

In the Atlantic, conditions remain unusually calm with no significant tropical waves and models that don't show much happening over the next week. A tropical storm named Kiko will pass well north of Hawaii today and the main threats will be large waves and rip currents. In the Eastern Pacific, models are showing a high chance for another tropical system to develop off of the Southwestern coast of Mexico late this week into the weekend.