Doomwatch!… Hurricane Polo brushes Mexico, deaths in Japan, ENSO Hype, and another day of coastal showers for Frogmore 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026 Another super-busy week, as both Europe and the Middle East are on geopolitical fire. For the most part has decided to give us a break, but there are a couple…
Doomwatch!… Blob fades, ENSO hype 18 Sep 202618 Sep 2026 The blob fades, but the scary hype about the El NiƱo continues. First, quick tropical overview. The Atlantic Blob is now only 10% and fading ... East Pacific is very…
Doomwatch!… Your lack of misery, and blobwatch 17 Sep 202617 Sep 2026 The oppressive heat wave in the Frogmore Metroplex and the surrounding environs has abated somewhat. But how miserable aren't you? We have the numbers ready so you can impress your…
Tropical Cyclones Lowell track shifting away from Kauai? 4 Sep 20264 Sep 2026 TL;DR: Indications that Lowell track may be shifting to the west, which would be great. Still watching the West Pacific, where tropical storm Krovanh is doing a loop around Okinawa…
Tropical Cyclones Red Blob of Doom in the Atlantic! Pacific remains active 25 Aug 202625 Aug 2026 TL;DR: increasing potential for a storm in the Atlantic, but likely to be of interest to fish and fish related activities. Pacific is super busy. And some reminders about how…
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…
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…