Tracking the Tropics: Hurricane Lee and Tropical Storm Margot
Margot looks to stay far, far away, and could become our next hurricane early this week. Lee will head north by mid-week and will need to be watch closely for areas along the Northeast and Canada.
Tropics Forecast: Hurricane lee loses strength, will ramp up again next week
Hurricane Lee is a Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic and is continuing to the northwest. but will turn north. The question of when remains.
Tracking the Tropics: Coastal Impacts of Hurricane Lee
The FOX 35 Storm Team is monitoring Major Hurricane Lee and distant Tropical Storm Margot.
Hurricane Lee moving at 130 mph in Atlantic
Hurricane Lee is moving at 130 mph as a Category 4 hurricane and is expected to intensify into a Category 5 by the weekend.
Hurricane Lee to become major Cat. 4 storm
Hurricane Lee will reach major hurricane status on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center. FOX 35 Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Jayme King shares an update.
Hurricane Lee forms in the Atlantic
Hurricane Lee has formed in the Atlantic and is expected to intensify into a category 4 hurricane
Tropical Storm Lee nears hurricane strength
Tropical Storm Lee is approaching hurricane strength and is expected to rapidly strengthen into an "extremely dangerous hurricane" by this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.
Powerful Cat. 4 hurricane to form this week
All eyes are on Tropical Depression 13 in the Atlantic Ocean which is forecast to become a powerful hurricane by the end of the week, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Named storm 'Lee' could develop by weekend
A tropical wave (Invest 95L) continues moving Westward through the Tropical Atlantic, a secondary tropical wave with high chances for development is directly behind that. Models indicate that the lead wave with a 100% chance for development could become a named storm "LEE" by this weekend, if not before.
System could become future Hurricane Lee
The tropics remain busy. Tropical Storm Gert and Tropical Depression Katia remain deep in the Atlantic with no threat to land. A tropical wave (Invest 95L) remains just off the West African coast.
2 Tropical storms active in the Atlantic
With no threat to Florida, there are two tropical storms currently active in the Atlantic. There are also two tropical waves being monitored. One has a high development chance over the next 7 days
Tracking the Tropics: Watching 95L
Tropical Storms Katia and Gert remain deep in the Atlantic with no threat to land. A potent tropical wave (95L) remains just off the West African coast.
Tracking the Tropics: Tropical Storm Katia forms
New Saturday is the formation of Tropical Storm Katia in the East Atlantic. It is not expected to threaten any land.
Tropical wave off Africa could develop
All but one tropical system in the Atlantic Ocean will not pose a threat to Florida but one wave that has emerged off the coast of Africa has a 50% chance of further development as the system moves west.
Multiple tropical systems being watched
The FOX 35 Storm Team is tracking several systems in the tropics.
3 named systems, 3 waves in Atlantic Ocean
The FOX 35 Storm Team is tracking six areas of concern, including three named systems and three tropical waves.
Tropical Storm Jose forms in the Atlantic
A depression in the Atlantic Ocean became Tropical Storm Jose Thursday morning.
Hurricane Idalia 11pm update: Category 4 landfall
Hurricane Idalia continues to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico on its way to Florida, where it's now expected to make landfall as an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane. In the 11 p.m. update, Hurricane Idalia has sustained winds of 110 mph, which makes it a powerful category 2 hurricane. It becomes a major category 3 hurricane when its winds reach 111 mph.
Hurricane Idalia 8pm update: Nearing Cat 3
Idalia remained a powerful Category 2 hurricane Tuesday evening and was showing signs of strengthening with maximum sustained winds at 105 mph. In the National Hurricane Center's 8 p.m. advisory, the center of the storm was located about 155 miles west-southwest of Tampa and 245 miles south of Tallahassee.
Idalia now a Category 2 hurricane
Hurricane Idalia became a Category 2 storm early Tuesday evening on its path to Florida, the National Hurricane Center said, with maximum sustained winds at 100 mph. The center of the storm was located about 195 miles southwest of Tampa and 300 miles south of Tallahassee.