TROPICS HEATING UP!

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This year has already been a crazy year and unfortunately the Hurricane season is showing signs of hyperactivity. We already have Tropical Storm Hanna in the Gulf of Mexico, Gonzalo (weakening thankfully) and Investigation 92L which could develop down the road. We will give a brief summary of all 3 systems below!

TROPICAL STORM HANNA

Tropical storm Hanna has been organizing throughout the day and will likely strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in southern Texas. Thankfully this system does not have much longer over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Despite the limited time left over water, there is a good chance Hannah will strengthen into a category 1 hurricane before making landfall. This is a fairly large storm but thankfully it will weaken quickly after making landfall. Notice the black and white cloud tops on this infrared satellite image. This indicates strong storms forming near the core of the storm and steady strengthening.

The Hurricane Center is forecasting landfall as a minimal hurricane in southern Texas with the remnants moving into Mexico.

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TROPICAL STORM GONZALO

As of right now Gonzalo does not look like much of a threat. The system has been weakened by shear and dry air and is currently quite weak and disorganized. Gonzalo should quickly weaken and is forecast to dissipate as it enters the Caribbean Sea.

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INVESTIGATION 92L

This system is the orange X on the map near Africa and has a long journey ahead. Much will change with this system over the coming days but it certainly is one to keep an eye on as it moves across the Atlantic Ocean. The Hurricane Center anticipates gradual development and organization of this system in the next few days and chances are this will be the next named system in the Atlantic.

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The eventual track and impacts of this system are highly uncertain right now due to the distance from land and questions surrounding how quickly it will organize. Oftentimes systems that quickly organize this far out will recurve safely away from the US while a slower developing system has a greater chance of impacting land.

The tropics are EXTREMELY busy already this season and we expect things to continue to ramp up with stronger storms as we approach the peak of hurricane season (late August and early September).