Tropics forecast: Disturbances in the Atlantic

Tropical Depression 7 continues to move across the eastern Atlantic as two other disturbances form in the Caribbean and to the east of Florida. Here is the latest tropics forecast.

Hurricane Francine is expected to strengthen

Francine strengthened to become a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Francine is expected to make landfall somewhere over Louisiana on Wednesday, the NHC said, with life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds.

Francine likely to become hurricane on Tuesday

Tropical Storm Francine is expected to become a hurricane Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and will threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast with flooding rain, a life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds.

Francine likely to become Cat 2 hurricane before landfall

Tropical Storm Francine formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, and millions of people from Texas to Louisiana along parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast are bracing for a potentially life-threatening hurricane strike this week.

Tropical Storm Francine forms in Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and millions of people along parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Louisiana are bracing for a potentially life-threatening hurricane strike this week. Florida is not expected to see direct impacts.

Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 to become hurricane in Gulf before striking Texas, Louisiana

Potential Tropical Cyclone Six is expected to move just offshore of Mexico's northern Gulf Coast through Tuesday, then approach the Louisiana and upper Texas coastlines on Wednesday. It's predicted to become a tropical storm later Monday, with more significant intensification likely on Tuesday and Wednesday. The system is forecast to become a hurricane before it reaches the U.S.'s northwestern Gulf Coast.

Invest91L churning in Gulf, expected to strengthen

As we enter the peak of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, a system is "likely" to develop into at least a tropical depression, if not Tropical Storm Francine. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) designated the tropical disturbance as Invest 91L on Saturday, which allows the agency to run additional computer models to calculate potential storm development and its track.

Chances increase for tropical development in Gulf

The National Hurricane Center is tracking potential tropical development in the Gulf of Mexico, and conditions are starting to look more favorable. A moderate chance exists for a system to form early to mid-next week, as two tropical waves are expected to combine, possibly completing one or two loops.

Invests 90L, 99L among 4 tropical systems brewing

Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are monitoring four tropical disturbances swirling in the Atlantic Basin, including a newly designated Invest 99L off the U.S. East Coast and Invest 90L off the Gulf Coast.