Hurricane Helene continues trek across Gulf
Hurricane Helene formed on Wednesday and is projected to intensify into a major hurricane (Category 4) over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida's Big Bend region, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Helene expected to strengthen overnight
Hurricane Helene's track shifted slightly late Wednesday but remained a Category 1 storm with a projected Thursday night landfall in Florida.
Helene expected to become Cat 4 hurricane
Helene is expected to strengthen into a major Category 4 hurricane before making landfall.
Hurricane Helene forms, to become major Cat. 3 storm on approach to Florida
Helene strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday and is projected to intensify into a major hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on its approach to Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Helene nears hurricane strength: 8 a.m. update
Tropical Storm Helene is nearing hurricane strength just offshore of the northeastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula toward the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). It's expected to become a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) before making landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Thursday.
5am update: Tropical Storm Helene strengthens on trek to Florida
FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Brooks Garner provides an update on Tropical Storm Helene and how the future hurricane will impact Central Florida.
Tropical Storm Helene picks up speed as it approaches Gulf
Tropical Storm Helene continued to pick up speed late Tuesday evening as it headed across the Western Caribbean Sea toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical Storm Helene expected to become hurricane
Tropical Storm Helene formed Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to become a major hurricane – Category 3 or higher – before making landfall Thursday over Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Helene update: Latest on path, landfall, impacts
Tropical Storm Helene formed Tuesday and is expected to become a hurricane before making landfall this week over Florida, possibly as a major hurricane. FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist T.J. Springer provides an update on the latest path, track, forecast, impact.
Tropical Storm Helene 11AM update: Latest forecast, track
Tropical Storm Helene formed Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to become a major hurricane before making landfall over Florida, currently projected late Thursday night.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine: 8 a.m. Tuesday update
FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Brooks Garner provides an update on a tropical disturbance that is approaching the Gulf of Mexico that is expected to become a tropical storm or hurricane – named Helene – before making a turn towards Florida this week.
Parts of Central Florida under tropical storm watch
Parts of Central Florida are under a tropical storm watch through Friday morning ahead projected Hurricane Helene.
Tropical system likely to become Cat 3 storm before landfall
In an advisory issued late Monday by the National Hurricane Center, Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine's projected cone has shifted to the east somewhat and the forecast path is narrowing.
Tropical forecast 8PM update: New cone, track, and forecast
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday, and is forecast to become a major hurricane on Thursday before making landfall over Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center. FOX 35 meteorologist T.J. Springer discusses the latest 8 p.m. tropics update.
Tracking Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine
The state of Florida is preparing for potential impacts from Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, which is expected to intensify and possibly reach major hurricane strength as it approaches the Gulf Coast later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropics forecast: Florida braces for tropical storm, hurricane threat
FOX 35 meteorologist T.J. Springer provides an update on Potentical Tropical Cyclone Nine, which is expected to become a tropical storm and then a hurricane before reaching Florida later this week.
Tropics update on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine
Florida has declared a state of emergency for several counties as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine makes its way towards Florida. We're still a few days out, but the system is expected to become a tropical storm and then a hurricane before reaching Florida later in the week.
Odds increase to 80% for Caribbean system to develop: NHC
The odds of a tropical system developing over the next 48 hours in the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico have increased to a high – 80% – chance, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Invest 97L: System in Caribbean likely to make landfall as hurricane this week
There's a 70% chance that Invest 97L, a western Caribbean system, becomes a tropical depression in the next two days and a 90% chance over the next seven. FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist Brooks Garner said it's overwhelmingly likely that we'll see a hurricane this week with landfall occurring on Thursday.
Tropical depression likely to form in Gulf of Mexico, NHC says
A tropical depression is likely to form in the Gulf of Mexico this week, according to the National Hurricane Center, and conditions appear favorable for the development of a tropical storm or hurricane. Where exactly it will go, and if it will impact Florida, remain unclear at this point. Regardless, the system is expected to bring heavy rains to parts of Central America.