No…just a weak cyclonic vortex off the Atlantic coast of Florida that just happens to look like a tropical cyclone with an eye! GOES-12 visible imagery (above; Java animation) shows the cloud swirl as it developed what appeared to be an “eye” on... Read More

Tropical Storm Rosa formed off the southwest coast of Mexico early in the day on 09 November 2006. In spite of existing in an environment of moderate southwesterly vertical shear, the tropical disturbance was able to intensify... Read More

What appeared to be a rather unusual example of a subtropical cyclone was evident over the northern East Pacific Ocean on 01 November (AWIPS surface analysis + buoys) — however, this compact cyclone was likely associated with a deep cold-core cutoff... Read More

Hurricane Florence passed very near Bermuda on 11 Sep (IR image | water vapor image), with a peak wind gust of 111 mph reported on the island. The radius of high winds associated with Florence was rather... Read More