HURRICANE SEASON

The National Hurricane Center highlighted its first disturbance of the 2023 hurricane season Sunday.

May is Mental Health Awareness month and this week’s Getting Results Award winner is making a difference for kids dealing with trauma following this past hurricane season in Florida.

Computer models are starting to hint at the potential for a developing storm in the Gulf of Mexico or southwest Atlantic.

La Nina’s three-year run officially ended.

Hurricane season is officially over, but the impacts from Ian and Nicole will linger for years to come.

The 2022 hurricane season got off to an extremely slow start, but quickly became very active in late September.

Hurricane Nicole swept into Central Florida early Thursday, leaving tents, signage and debris strewn across Tinker Field.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings on Wednesday held a news conference to discuss the county’s preparations and storm readiness, now faced with Tropical Storm Nicole.

Florida Power and Light crews and trucks were pre-deployed this week, many of them staging at the Daytona International Speedway.

Conditions into next week will continue to become more unsettled as a low-pressure system over the southwestern Atlantic approaches the Florida east coast by mid-week.

Typically by this point, the season is all but over.

Here's how News 6 will keep you informed about the tropics over the weekend.

Sept. 10 marks the climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.

As the peak of hurricane season approaches, Florida is still dealing with a property insurance crisis.

After a thankfully extremely quiet hurricane season to date, it’s beginning to look a lot more like the season’s peak.

Late August storms have proven history of devastating many states along the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast in 2005, just 13 years after Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida.

Any development in the Atlantic basin will be gradual over the next five to seven days.

For the first time since July 13, the National Hurricane Center is highlighting a tropical wave for possible development. The area of disturbed weather is currently over Africa, but is expected to emerge into the Atlantic over the weekend.

For only the second time since 2000, a tropical system has moved from the Atlantic basin to the Pacific and maintained its name.

The office of Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced its search for a part-time director to lead the reestablished Florida State Guard, as well as for the 400 guard members they will oversee

Hurricane season starts Wednesday and it's looking busy: Every factor out there is pointing to another nasty year in the Atlantic.

Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections.

Another one.

Hurricane season is quickly approaching and homeowners are being urged to stay ahead of the game and don’t wait until it’s too late when it comes to preparing your roofs.

2021 was the third most active hurricane season in terms of named storms on record.

Florida could be a hurricane hotspot compared to the rest of the U.S. coastal states.

For the second year in a row, we’ve exhausted the list of names allocated for the Atlantic hurricane season.

Hurricane season is slow and may close up shop early, and that’s a good thing!

The peak of hurricane season is upon us and currently, there are two systems in the tropics.

U.S. government forecasters say they expect the Atlantic hurricane season to be busier than they first thought.

It’s great that summer is here, but that means another major season has arrived, too: Hurricane season.

Central Florida remains in the clear for now.

The risk of COVID-19 in a public disaster shelter is lower for fully vaccinated people, according to the CDC.

Every year the World Meteorological Organization meets for its annual hurricane committee meeting, during which weather officials review and retire storm names from the prior hurricane season, as well as other topics on the agenda.

Currently, no tropical development is expected over the next five days.

Storms are given a name to help communication between forecasters and the overall public. During the season, forecasters could be tracking and supplying information on multiple storms. Naming them allows information to be streamlined to reduce confusion about which storm is being described.

NHC brings Awareness Tour to thousands of students homes in various states.

Fresh off of a record-breaking hurricane season in which 30 named storms formed, another active year is expected, according to Colorado State University hurricane researchers.

But even outside Hurricane Season, hurricane hunters remain busy working on testing new tools that could greatly improve hurricane forecasts. Last month the NOAA Hurricane Hunters launched a new uncrewed aircraft over Maryland that has the potential to change the world of tropical forecasting. This model is similar to those being tested by scientists aboard NOAA Hurricane Hunters. The lead meteorologist from the NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division, Joseph Cione, says “deploying the un-crewed aircraft from NOAA Hurricane Hunters will ultimately help us better detect changes in hurricane intensity and overall structure. " AdThis is welcomed news in the weather world, especially after the 2020 pandemic stunted the progress in long range forecasting.

This week in Forecasting Change I want to say goodbye to the 2020 Hurricane Season. Check out the graphic below:The rapid intensification of tropical storms is what can make them deadly hurricanes. (Copyright 2020 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) (Copyright 2020 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) (Copyright 2020 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

With the 29th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season skimming past Central Florida and potentially a 30th named storm sitting in the Caribbean, this season is one for the record books. Meteorologists have often compared the 2020 hurricane season with 2005. The 2005 tropical season started off with tropical storms Arlene and Bret forming in June, making it only the second time in history to have happened. Tracks and intensity of the 2005 hurricane season. Flooding in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina (2005).

Disturbance could become tropical depression on path to FloridaPublished: October 23, 2020, 9:26 amAn area of low pressure could develop into a tropical depression and move toward the Sunshine State.

Four systems, including Tropical Storm Paulette, are swirling in the tropics. If you need help with the Public File, call 407-291-6000.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Just hours after Tropical Storm Nana formed south of Jamaica, Tropical Depression 15 has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Omar. Omar, which is expected to be short-lived, according to the National Hurricane Center, is located about 310 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. [READ MORE: Tropical Storm Nana and Tropical Storm Omar form in the Atlantic]Tropical Storm #Omar forms east of North Carolina, and is expected to be short-lived as it moves away from land over the next few days. “Omar is expected to degenerate into a remnant area of low pressure by late Thursday.”Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Nana is moving over the Central Caribbean Sea. Here is the 5 p.m. advisory and forecast track for #TropicalStormNana from the National Hurricane Center.

Central Florida sees rain as Tropical Storm Nana forms in the tropics. If you need help with the Public File, call 407-291-6000.

Here's the latest on Tropical Storm GonzaloPublished: July 22, 2020, 5:02 pmTropical Storm Gonzalo is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The Cabo Verde season, on average, runs in correlation to the peak of Hurricane Season, between July and September. During Cabo Verde Season, there is an obvious uptick in activity near the islands in the Eastern Atlantic. To put it into perspective, the distance between Cabo Verde Islands and the eastern seaboard is roughly 3500 miles, with much of this swath with waters over 80 degrees. Here are some memorable Cabo Verde Storms in the past few years:Hurricane Ivan (2004) - Category 5Hurricane Matthew (2016) - Category 5Hurricane Florence (2018) - Category 4No matter where we are in Hurricane Season, remember it only takes one. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 31.

Hurricane season is upon us, and make no mistake: There’s not much that can be done when a hurricane strikes, considering how powerful they can be. But preparing for a hurricane is a different story. Readiness is in our control, so the damage can be minimized as much as possible. To help prepare for the start of hurricane season, take this quiz, below. Even if you don’t nail a good score, the knowledge gained will help you pass with flying colors and lessen the damage, should the real thing strike.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Even though the six-month Atlantic hurricane season lasts as long as a typical Major League Baseball season, a Florida congresswoman thinks it needs to be longer. In 2020, three tropical storms — Arthur, Bertha and Cristobal — formed in mid-May and the beginning of June, she said. There has been only one named hurricane before June since the satellite era started in 1966 — Hurricane Alma in 1970. “I don’t think there is any reason to lengthen the hurricane season, since we haven’t had a hurricane in May in 50 years," Klotzbach said in an email. “Hurricane season was also never intended to include ... all of the activity, just the majority of it," said McNoldy, who works for the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science.

Hurricane season is upon us. And really, as is the case with any major storm, winds and heavy rainfall have the power to create some pretty massive power outages. Are you, or would you, consider yourself stocked up at home, in the event of an emergency? Take the quiz below to find out. All of the checklist items are listed on ready.gov as what you’ll need in your basic disaster supplies kit, as well as some additional emergency supplies that the website recommended.

ORLANDO, Fla. – With just days left in the Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Sebastien has formed. Sebastien has maximum sustained winds up to 45 mph with higher gusts and is moving northwest at about 12 mph, forecasters said. Forecasters predict Sebastien will become an extra-tropical cyclone in a couple of days before being absorbed by a cold front later this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provided the following definition for an extra-tropical cyclone:“An extra-tropical cyclone is a storm system that primarily gets its energy from the horizontal temperature contrasts that exist in the atmosphere. Hurricane season ends Nov. 30.

With hurricane season in its peak, here's a look at which decades have seen the most serious hurricane activity over the past 100 years.

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