Tropical Cyclones Watching the Atlantic blobs, Pacific still where the aciton is 24 Aug 202624 Aug 2026 Note: the NHC web page was broken as of 6:30am this morning, some of it seems working again as of 7am but it's still wonky. Looking at Disturbance #1 on…
Tropical Cyclones Busy tropics today (Sunday, 23 August) 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026 We're returned to a more normal tropics this weekend, with all of the basins except the Indian Ocean showing activity, but with threats only to Japan/China and Hawai'i at the…
Tropical Cyclones… Moke to brush Hawai’i, Saudel targets Okinawa, bloborama in the Atlantic 22 Aug 202622 Aug 2026 The global tropical cyclone map is busy this morning, but at the moment only two of the storms are significant threats: Tropical Storm Moke near Hawai'i, and Typhoon Saudel tracking…
Doomwatch!… Storms in the Pacific, “meh” level blobs in the Atlantic 21 Aug 202621 Aug 2026 TL;DR: New tropical depression (soon to be tropical storm) threatens Hawai'i, Saudel strengthening in Mariana Islands, headed towards Guam/Southern Japan. Atlantic has blobs but not threats at the moment (or…
Tropical Cyclones Lala brush with Hawai’i, Atlantic uninteresting 15 Aug 202615 Aug 2026 Lala is a few hours away from the Big Island, likely to just brush the south coast as a tropical storm or minimal hurricane. Here's the CPHC Key messages regarding…
Tropical Cyclones Tropical Updates 14 August 2026 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026 TL;DR: Lala will be flirting with Hurricane force as it passes Hawai'i over or just south of the Big Island tomorrow. Atlantic stuff still blob like, maybe some rain/gusty winds…
Tropical Cyclones Quick tropical updates for Atlantic and Hawai’i 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026 TL;DR: Tropical storm for Hawai'i looks more likely. Two of the disturbances in the Atlantic have been upgraded to Invest areas, only one matters. Tropical Storm Chan-Hom raining out over…
Geophysics… The Blob is Red!!?11?? Hawai’i, Japan update 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026 NHC has now increased the odds of something forming in the Atlantic later this week out of distirbance #1 to 70%. Here's the NHC outlook over an IR image ...…
Doomwatch!… August Atlantic Blobwatch continues, busy Pacific 10 Aug 202610 Aug 2026 TL;DR: one of the three disturbances in the Atlantic might become a depression later in the week (probably be a fish storm if it does). Pacific is busy, with Hawai'i…
Doomwatch!… Atlantic is blob free! Kiko trending away from hawaii, Tapah to hit Guangdong 7 Sep 2025 As Hurricane Kiko continues to trend north away from Hawai'i, dry air over the Atlantic has choked out the hopes and dreams of the tropical clickbait community (although they are…