It runs Category 1-5 based on wind speeds. But that could change. Sign up for our Newsletters Phil Klotzbach is a research ...

The tropical weather outlook was issued midday Monday and highlighted a low-pressure system in the open Atlantic. No development was expected, but it served as a reminder that we have seen storms ...

reaching Category 5 intensity (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) with a minimum central pressure below 900 mb. After an unusual eastward track across the Gulf of Mexico, it made landfall on ...

Planet-warming fossil fuel pollution is tipping the scales toward hotter oceans that fuel dangerous storms. Scientists say unusually warm oceans will likely lead to more instances of storms rapidly ...

In a year when South Florida will recognize the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Wilma — still the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane on record based on central pressure — AccuWeather is ...

Of those hurricanes, three to five are projected to become major hurricanes that reach Category 3 strength (111 mph sustained winds) or higher, and three to six are predicted to have direct ...

The establishment of ridges of high pressure, troughs and other synoptic ... Michael became the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the mainland since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Hurricane Helene, which first made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm ... a warm Atlantic leads to lower atmospheric pressure and a more unstable atmosphere.” ...

A staggering 17 named storms are expected, with 9 hurricanes— four of those could intensify into major hurricanes, category 3 or ... from past storms, the pressure is on utility companies ...

Still, March systems are "quite rare," according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher at Colorado State University. Klotzbach said the only tropical cyclone ever recorded over the Atlantic in ...

reaching Category 5 intensity (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) with a minimum central pressure below 900 mb. After an unusual eastward track across the Gulf of Mexico, it made landfall ...