Storm tracker: Hurricane forecasters watch tropical waves and more The National Hurricane Center does not expect tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic during the next seven days, but ...

Most of the waves "aren't very noteworthy, and about half of them are almost imperceptible," said Chris Landsea, chief of the National Hurricane Center's tropical analysis and forecast branch.

Roughly 80 tropical waves are found across the Atlantic basin in a given year, said Landsea, who has studied tropical waves for decades. Between 40 and 60 of those emerge off the African Coast ...

Atmospheric gravity waves generated by Hurricane Helene as the storm slammed into the gulf coast of Florida on September 26 (left, right) and satellite image of Hurricane Helene.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical waves across the Atlantic, Caribbean. Tropical waves are low-pressure areas that are often considered the seeds of a tropical storm, but ...

Hurricane Helene offered an ideal opportunity for interrogating AWE’s ability to spot atmospheric gravity waves. The hurricane smashed into Florida’s Big Bend in late September as a Category 4 ...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring four tropical waves, including one in the eastern Caribbean: Tropical wave 1: A far eastern Atlantic tropical wave has its axis near 21W from 4N to 15N ...

While seeing waves in the sea is very clear to our eyes, in the atmosphere, these gravity waves are invisible to us. Satellites, however, can measure them, and in several ways.

On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida, inducing storm surges and widespread impacts on communities in its path. At the same time, NASA's Atmospheric Waves ...

HURRICANE SEASON 2025: Preparing for hurricane season in the Wilmington area: ... "Those waves that originate over the Ethiopian highlands are actually the ones more likely to become hurricanes." ...