Invest 94 has been on the map for a few days. It is still not quite a tropical system, but indications are it has a very good chance of becoming one in the next 48 hours. ABC6 Chief Stormtracker Meteorologist Fred Campagna has a video update on the disturbance.
Several computer models are indicating that the disturbance in the northern Caribbean may become a tropical system by midweek. Right now, the tropical wave is fighting off some wind shear and dry air, but it may be able to overcome that and develop in the warm waters of the southwest Atlantic. If this disturbance does [...]
Hurricane Bill has had a rough night, with some wind shear and dry air helping to weaken the storm to 115 mph. The storm is still over very warm water, so some intensification is possible in the next day. Even though the intensity forecast has been inaccurate, the track forecast has been very consistent. Bill [...]
After looking at the latest computer guidance, I am more confident in a track that takes Hurricane Bill far enough to our east that there will be very little impact, if any, in Rhode Island, and a minor impact on the Cape and Islands. Bill was not looking overly impressive just after midnight Friday. The [...]
Tropical Depression Two died as a result of dry air and wind shear in the Eastern Atlantic. The storm has shown no signs of regeneration this evening, but it is still possible that it makes a return in the next few days. I would not count on it. On the heels of T.D. Two is [...]
T.D. Two has been steadily moving west over the last couple of days, but it has shown very little change in intensity. The storm has had winds of 30-35 mph since it first formed at 6AM on August 11. A couple of factors may be impeding the storm’s development. The first factor is a lot [...]