It's primarily because of record warm sea surface temperatures across the Atlantic and the expected return of La Nina conditions this summer, both being contributors to tropical activity.

Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 has formed into Tropical Depression 18 and is expected to strengthen into Hurricane Rafael in ...

Meanwhile, the current warming El ... in by the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. La Nina tends to ramp up Atlantic hurricanes by decreasing vertical wind shear. By looking at other recent ...

While Invest 94L currently has a medium chance for development over the next seven days, a couple of factors may help keep it away from Florida: the mountains over Hispaniola and wind shear ...

Hurricane Oscar and Tropical Storm Nadine formed in the Atlantic on Saturday ... The good news is the current tropical weather forecasts show no signs of impending storms in the Tampa area ...

The question is the wind shear. If there is low wind shear, which we expect, I think we will be getting a tropical depression ... surf and rip current conditions. The Atlantic hurricane season ...

A tropical depression could form in the Atlantic by the end of the week ... The system is fighting dry air and wind shear in the short term and only has a 10% chance of tropical development ...