National Hurricane Center

Hurricane season getting an early start

2012-05-15 07:51:00

Hurricane season is off to an early start in the Pacific, but not quite yet in the Atlantic. The season’s first tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific, about 645 miles from the Mexican coast. A low pressure system in the Eastern...

Ophelia is now a hurricane, but no threat here

2011-09-29 16:22:10

Tropical Storm Ophelia is now Hurricane Ophelia, only the fourth hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season. The storm is no threat to the U.S. coast. It was centered northeast of Puerto Rico, moving north-northwest in the Atlantic at 9 mph, on......

New storm could become hurricane for the Yucatan

2011-10-24 16:22:09

The National Hurricane Center is watching Tropical Storm Rina, the 17th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic season, as it strengthens and moves toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.Rina became a tropical storm Sunday night. At last check it was 190 miles......

Below-normal temps by 2nd half of the week

2011-08-08 16:22:11

Central Maryland could see a few showers and thunderstorms along with 90-degree weather during the next few days as a series of cold fronts approach, and pass through the area. But beyond Wednesday, skies should clear behind the last of......

Tropical Storm Gert on her last legs

2011-08-16 16:22:16

Tropical Storm Gert - the seventh named storm of the 2011 Atlantic season - was still churning up the Atlantic well east of the Delmarva Peninsula on Tuesday. But the storm was moving briskly off to the northeast at 30 mph,......

Caribbean storms show little change

2011-08-17 16:22:12

Hurricane forecasters say they've seen little change in that stormy region in the Caribbean. They don't seem to be getting better organized, and atmospheric pressures there have remained steady. But conditions otherwise remain conducive to development...

Caribbean storm now Tropical Storm Harvey

2011-08-19 16:22:17

The tropical depression in the western Caribbean has finally made it to tropical storm strength, becoming the eight named storm of the season, Harvey. It's not huge, but it's way bigger than playwright Mary Chase's six-foot rabbit of the same......

Hurricane Irene poised for sweep up the East Coast

2011-08-22 16:22:17

The first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season was leaving Puerto Rico and moving toward the northern coast of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Monday morning. And if Hurricane Irene follows the forecast storm track, it can be expected to......

Cruise ships, airlines make way for Hurricane Irene

2011-08-23 06:23:00

If you had Caribbean dreams in your travel plans for this week, they’re fading rapidly into reality with the arrival of Hurricane Irene, a powerful storm that has targeted Puerto RIco, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and potentially the entire...

Irene may spoil your weekend

2011-08-23 16:22:12

What is it about these storms that begin with the letter "I"? Remember Isabel in 2003? Well, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say Hurricane Irene appears to be headed our way this weekend. They stress that track forecasts this......

Hurricane Center watching Caribbean storm

2011-07-26 16:22:10

Forecasters in the National Hurricane Center in Miami are watching another stormy region of the northwest Caribbean today. While it's given only a 20 percent chance of becoming a named storm in the next 48 hours, the disturbance is expected......

Irene forecast track edges eastward

2011-08-24 16:22:16

There are plenty of uncertainties still, but hurricane forecasters have nudged their forecast track for Hurricane Irene just a bit more to the east. If that holds up, it could mean this will be more of a coastal storm for......

This is the five-day cone of uncertainty for Hurricane Wilma, which struck Florida in 2005. The National Hurricane Center plans to experiment with six- and seven-day advance forecasts.

2012-05-12 14:20:00

Ed Rappaport, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, has decided not to apply for the center's top job, leaving the field wide open.

2012-02-03 15:50:00

Bill Read, director of the National Hurricane Center, announced he will retire effective June 1.

2012-01-14 13:10:59