National Hurricane Center

Tropical Depression 19 is holding strength in the middle of the Atlantic, and if it gains strength as expected and becomes Tropical Storm Tony, it will make the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season the third-busiest on record. Tony would be the 19th named...

Colleen Wilson of Ellicott City became the first person to enroll in the University of Maryland, College Park's new meteorology degree program a year ago. Now she's embarking on research with some of the nation's top weather watchers. The program and the...

MANZANILLO, Cuba (AP) — Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm and headed for the Bahamas after causing at least two deaths in the Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sandy had emerged of...

Tropical Storm Sandy might rough up South Florida Thursday and Friday with strong winds, possibly causing significant beach erosion, downing power lines and trees and triggering minor coastal flooding, the National Weather Service said. While South...

El Niño was supposed to rip storms apart and put a damper on the hurricane season, but it appears to be a no-show. As a result, there could be two or three more storms on top of an already bustling year. It leaves Florida more vulnerable, because October...

A disturbance in the Central Caribbean likely will become the season’s next tropical depression or storm. The next named storm will be Sandy. As of early Monday, the National Hurricane Center gave it a 80 percent chance of developing into a...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil and gas producers increasingly shut down production and evacuated workers in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as the first weather system of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season disrupted some operations in the prolific basin....

Two days after slamming into northeast Florida, Beryl -- slightly strengthened but still a tropical depression -- prepared to re-enter the Atlantic on Wednesday, spreading heavy rain and blustery winds along the coast of the Carolinas. The storm, which...

Hurricane Rafael spared Bermuda a direct hit Wednesday but the island did experience some tropical-force winds and rain, the National Hurricane Center said. At 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the ninth hurricane of the season was in the Atlantic about 415 miles...

The GOES-13 weather satellite will be returned to full service Thursday, ensuring weather forecasts, including hurricane predictions, won’t be hurt. The satellite was shut down last month because of a vibration. The satellite is the National...

Rafael strengthened into the season's ninth hurricane early Monday evening, the National Hurricane Center reported. The system is projected to remain well clear of Florida and the U.S. coastline. At 5 a.m. Tuesday, Rafael was in the Atlantic about 395...

Just as the early parts of the Atlantic hurricane season saw some action, the tropics are still stirring in the last six weeks or so of the season, with Hurricane Rafael showing there is still some fight out there. The storm is about 345 miles south of...