Wildfires continue to burn across large portions of the Pacific Northwest; you can see our earlier posts about these fires throughout the previous week. Persistent drought across the west has fostered conditions that are ideal for wildfire growth. However, the impact of these fires is being felt much further to the east as... Read More

While the Pacific has kept seeing its share of intense tropical systems, the Atlantic has been quieter. This is consistent with what we expect with a strong El Niño, as the global scale impacts from that phenomenon tend to include increased wind shear in the Caribbean and western Atlantic which... Read More

Earlier this week, we discussed the development of Fausto, a Pacific tropical system that formed south of Mexico. As expected, the storm has intensified to hurricane strength. Current projections (as of 1500 UTC, 5:00 AM HST) are for it to pass directly over the Hawaiian islands on Tuesday 28 July into Wednesday 29 July. Fortunately,... Read More

We are starting to see the onset of an active period of tropical development in the eastern Pacific basin. Over the weekend of 18-19 July 2026, two separate systems were experiencing different stages of their life: Elida was dying out near the west coast of Mexico while Fausto was starting... Read More