Hurricane Season 2023

Tropical Depression Ten has now intensified into Tropical Storm Idalia. The NHC is forecasting landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (winds up to 90 mph) along the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

The declaration was made on Saturday and is intended to give communities as much time as possible to prepare for a impacts from a tropical system next week. Tropical Storm Idalia formed shortly after 11 a.m. on Sunday according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

A disturbance in the Caribbean Sea that will be entering the Gulf of Mexico is prompting government officials to advise residents of the potential storm impacts they could face in the following days.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management has been ordered to prepare for a storm that could affect Florida next week and the Lee County Emergency Management and partners are monitoring conditions.

The National Hurricane Center is now marking a spot from the northwest Caribbean into the eastern Gulf of Mexico with a moderate chance for development. Tropical Storm Franklin is now becoming better organized will likely become a hurricane over the weekend.

Hurricane season for people on the East Coast is a familiar six-month-long event, but for people on the West Coast, seeing a tropical cyclone is an unusual site.

Tropical Storm Harold made landfall on Padre Island late this morning with max sustained winds of 50 mph. Franklin is still forecasted to turn into a weak hurricane this weekend.

The mercurial nature of weather can be seen in the constant changes among the current five systems being watched in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico since last week. A new tropical storm, Harold, formed overnight and headed to Mexico and the Southwestern U.S.

Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California’s inland mountains and deserts Sunday evening, dropping more than half an average year’s worth of rain on some areas

Two tropical storms — Franklin and Gert — are swimming around the Atlantic Ocean in various stages of intensifying and degrading. One of them, Franklin, has the best chance of intensifying into a hurricane. As of Monday, there is no current threat to Florida. As of the 11 a.m. NHC report, Emily was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.