Everything seemed to be coming together for a hyperactive hurricane season: very warm water in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, a developing La Nina in the Eastern Pacific, light trade winds. Yes, everything is coming together except for the actual storms. Through the first two months of hurricane season there have been two named [...]
The forecast from the Penn State University Earth System Science Center (ESSC) for this year’s hurricane season is for 19-28 storms with a best estimate of 23. The computer model used in the prediction has a decent track record. Two years ago, the model accurately predicted there would be 15 named storms. Last year, the [...]
Tropical Storm Alex is in the Gulf of Mexico and slowly strengthening. The storm is expected to become a hurricane in the next 24 hours. ABC6 Stormtracker Chief Meteorologist Fred Campagna has the latest on its projected track, impact at landfall, and impact on the oil spill.
If a detailed computer modeling study is correct, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will likely get caught in the Loop Current, then brought to the Eastern Seaboard by the Gulf Stream – possibly as soon as this summer.
The following is a press release issued by NOAA on May 27. As you can see they are forecasting a very active hurricane season. This goes along with most forecasts, including that of Stormtracker Chief Meteorologist Fred Campagna.
Stormtracker Chief Meteorologist Fred Campagna answers viewer questions about the summer and hurricane season. Will it be a better summer than last year? Will it be an active hurricane season?
The tropics are unusually quiet for the middle of September. What’s left of Fred is drifting through the Atlantic north of the Caribbean Islands. It is not expected to regenerate, although I have seen one computer model that brings it back just east of Florida late in the weekend. Elsewhere, there is a persistent area [...]
We’re about a week past the peak of the hurricane season and the tropics are quiet, but there are a few areas that the National Hurricane Center is looking at for development in the next two days. ABC6 Stormtracker Chief Meteorologist Fred Campagna has the latest.
ABC6 Stormtracker Chief Meteorologist Fred Campagna has an update on Hurricane Fred and more on the storm that has lashed the Atlantic coast with wind, rain, and high surf.
ABC6 Stormtracker Chief Meteorologist Fred Campagna has an update on his namesake and that intense storm sitting off the Mid-Atlantic coast. The storm to our south, although non-tropical, will have similar impacts to a tropical storm along the coast.