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TAMPA, Fla. -- Hurricane Isaias sliced through the Gulf of Mexico Friday afternoon — hundreds of miles from Tampa Bay — on its way toward the northern Gulf Coast, where it’s hours away from making landfall as a treacherous storm.

Isaias ( pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs ) is likely to remain a dangerous hurricane at landfall Friday night, and ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. -- Hurricane Isaias, on a path to become the first Atlantic hurricane to strike the U.S. this year, muscled up to major hurricane strength Friday morning as it churned closer to the Florida Panhandle, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 11 a.m. Friday, Isaias was about 195 miles south of Pensacola and had sustained ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The blistering heat that has baked Southern California for days is coming to an end, with rain on tap for the weekend and early next week, along with a risk of potentially damaging coastal flooding.

Tropical Storm Rachel, which has been moving northwest across the Pacific Ocean, is expected to make a sharp right turn toward Baja...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. -- Hurricane Isaias, on a path to become the first Atlantic hurricane to strike the U.S. this year, muscled up to major hurricane strength Friday morning as it churned closer to the Florida Panhandle, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of 8:20 a.m. Friday, Isaias was about 240 miles south of Pensacola and had sustained ...Read more

Like a pot of water on a slow boil, El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean are continuing to intensify, scientists said Thursday, setting up a winter that could bring drenching rain to some parts of California — at amounts potentially double the historical average, particularly in January and February.

On Thursday, scientists at NOAA, the ...Read more

In already one of the strongest Pacific hurricane seasons on record, with monster Hurricane Polo making landfall in Baja California Sur several weeks ago and several impacts to Hawaii over the past 2 months, another storm is now setting its sights a bit closer to home.

Tropical Storm Rachel is expected to impact Southern California and Baja ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Could Hurricane Isaias that strengthened in the Gulf Thursday deliver the destruction of 2024’s Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains?

No, the Category 1 storm is not expected to be anywhere near the intensity of Category 4 Helene, National Weather Service forecasters said.

“Isaias is NOT expected to be ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Isaias intensified overnight Thursday with a forecast it will threaten Florida as it targets the Gulf Cosat. The storm just before midnight had become the first Atlantic system this year to reach hurricane strength, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, Isaias was still a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday morning with the National Hurricane Center forecasting it to intensify close to a Category 3 storm before bearing down on the Gulf coast and threatening Florida.

As of the NHC’s 5 p.m. advisory, the center of Isaias was located about 2525 miles west-northwest of Progreso, Mexico and 500...Read more

The Kelvin wave bearing down on Southern California this week is not the kind that draws surfers.

You don't see it crash on shore, and by itself, it's probably not even noticeable. But it can have a profound effect, adding 6 to 12 inches to background sea levels, potentially for months.

This is a major concern when combined with other sources ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday morning with the National Hurricane Center forecasting it to intensify close to a Category 3 storm before bearing down on the Gulf coast and threatening Florida.

As of the NHC’s 11 a.m. advisory, the center of Isaias was located about 260 miles west-northwest of Progreso, Mexico and 540...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to increase the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 a.m. tropical outlook, the surface trough of low pressure, now dubbed Invest 92L and producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms,...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A system that has formed in the Gulf could become the season’s first Atlantic hurricane, some forecasters predict, potentially ending the longest stretch without any named storms since satellite tracking began 60 years ago.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said there was a 100% chance the system will develop into the...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to increase the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the broad area of low pressure, dubbed Invest 92L, has more organized showers and thunderstorms in the ...Read more

Southern California has seen some toasty Octobers, but this year's start to the fall season has been marked by a persistent heat wave that's shattered records and ushered in an unusual streak of 100 degree days.

The extreme heat is driven by a persistent high pressure ridge that has parked over the region causing sinking warming air with very ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the surface trough of low pressure, now dubbed Invest 92L and producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, had moved ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Monday increased the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, a surface trough of low pressure had formed along the coast of Mexico in the southwestern Gulf producing disorganized ...Read more