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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) monitors three tropical disturbances on Wednesday, with one in the Caribbean Sea and two in the Atlantic Basin.NHC Miami is closely watching Disturbance 1 over the eastern Caribbean Sea, which could form into a tropical depression by the late weekend as it enters the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasts show formation chances over the next 48 hours is 40%, but over the next five days, the figure is 80%. A broad area of low pressure is expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea during the next day or so from a tropical wave currently located...

At this time (which is way too early), this system may be headed to the Bahamas. Might have the name 'Jerry'.

From a writer at WattsUpWithThat: National Data Buoy Center shows Florence passing over Johnny Mercer Pier, station JMPN7. The surface anemometer height for that station is 15 meters above sea level. Winds speeds recorded show the eyewall and eye passing directly the station. Maximum sustained winds on the leading edge of the storm were 52 knots at 5.36 AM, followed by the eye with (its typically) low winds at 7am, followed by the trailing eyewall winds of 56 knots at 8am. https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=jmpn7 Several NDBC stations in the region, both on the shore and offshore, confirm that Florence never produced sustained...

A low pressure system heading for the Gulf of Mexico has an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression this week, the National Hurricane Center said in its Thursday morning forecast (May 24). The system called Invest 90L is gradually becoming better defined, forecasters said, and is expected to bring heavy rains to the Gulf Coast during Memorial Day weekend. Rip currents also are a threat from Louisiana to Florida. A tropical depression is likely to form by late Saturday over the southeast Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said. If it strengthens to a tropical storm, it will be called...

The 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season is heating up. Two tropical systems are taking aim at the United States. Tropical Depression Eight (Hermine) is expected to brush the Outer Banks of NC. Tropical Depression Nine (Ian) is in the Gulf of Mexico, anticipated to affect the Florida coast. Public Advisories: Ian(TD 9) Hermine (TD 8)Discussions: Ian (TD9) Hermine (TD 8)

See: NOAA National Hurricane Center Web Site To keep up to date... It appears Tropical Depression Nine might be one to watch. It might provide much needed rain to drought stricken parts of the South. But it might also wreak havoc with the GOP Convention. Also it might wreak havoc on the Gulf Coast... The Gulf of Mexico is quite potent this time of year to produce storms with exceptionally warm water and conditions. Might be something to follow...

000 ABNT20 KNHC 271746 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2011 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM COULD BE FORMING ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH OF CANCUN MEXICO. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY ENROUTE TO INVESTIGATE THE AREA...AND IF IT CONFIRMS THE PRESENCE OF A CIRCULATION...ADVISORIES WILL BE INITIATED THIS AFTERNOON. INTERESTS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH. THIS SYSTEM HAS...

Tropical Depression FOUR Public Advisory Home Public Adv Fcst/Adv Wind Probs Maps/Charts Archive 000 WTNT34 KNHC 021435 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042010 1100 AM EDT MON AUG 02 2010 ...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE ATLANTIC... SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...12.6N 41.1W ABOUT 1365 MI...2200 KM E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK...

The second tropical depression in the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season formed early Tuesday. An area of low pressure a few hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands became organized enough to gain depression status. Sustained winds are around 30 mph with gusts of 40 mph. The wave that has become Tropical Depression Two has looked promising for development since emerging from Africa Sunday night. A persistent clustering of thunderstorms near the center of low pressure within the wave led to the upgrade. Conditions remain favorable for the depression to gain strength because waters over this area of the Atlantic...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST... SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT PASSED TO THE EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS YESTERDAY HAS BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...THE FIRST OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.0 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES...500 KM...SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND AND ABOUT 635 MILES...1020 KM...SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. THE DEPRESSION IS NOT EXPECTED TO...

NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) - The low-pressure system in the eastern Caribbean Sea north of Curacao and Aruba could become a tropical depression during the next day or two as it moves toward the oil producing U.S. Gulf Coast over the next several days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT) advisory Friday. Most weather models predict the system will cross the Caribbean, hit Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and reach the northern Gulf of Mexico in about five days. It is too soon to tell where the system will make landfall, but the...

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006 1100 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2006 ...EIGHTH TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON FORMS OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC... SHIP REPORTS AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS FORMED FROM THE TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA YESTERDAY. AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 23.0 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES...295 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST...

Tropical Depression Twenty-Five Forecast/Advisory Number 1 Statement as of 15:00Z on October 22, 2005 at 11 am AST...1500z...a Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for all of Hispaniola by the governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. At 11 am AST...the government of the Bahamas has issued a tropical storm watch for the Turks and Caicos...and for the southeastern Bahamas. Tropical depression center located near 16.1n 68.0w at 22/1500z position accurate within 35 nm present movement toward the west-northwest or 300 degrees at 11 kt estimated minimum central pressure 1007 mb Max sustained winds 30 kt with gusts to 40...

5 day forecast shows this becoming a hurricane and taking a sharp turn north, towards the Gulf.

000 WTNT32 KNHC 090248 TCPAT2 BULLETIN SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-TWO ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM EDT SAT OCT 08 2005 ...DEPRESSION DISSIPATING SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA... SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE DEPRESSION IS DISSIPATING SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. AT 11 PM EST...0300Z...THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BERMUDA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA... PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF DISSIPATING SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-TWO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 62.6 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES... 405 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF...

000 WTNT32 KNHC 031450 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT TUE AUG 03 2004 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES... TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR SOME OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES...VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.2 WEST OR ABOUT 460 MILES... 735 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS....

000 WTNT31 KNHC 312033 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT SAT JUL 31 2004 ...FIRST TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE 2004 SEASON FORMS OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED... AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS. AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL...

(Beaufort SC) -- Scattered heavy thunderstorms are spreading into South Carolina on Friday night as a tropical depression that formed off the Florida coast earlier in the day moved northward toward the state. At 5:00pm Friday, the poorly defined center of the depression was located near latitude 30.8 north and longitude 80.8 west. That put the storm's center about 45 miles southeast of Brunswick, Georgia. The depression was moving north-northwest at 13 mph and maximum sustained winds were 30 mph with some higher gusts. A Flood Watch is posted for the Midlands, Lowcountry and Grand Strand. The National Weather Service...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO DISCUSSION NUMBER 1 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT SUN AUG 04 2002 VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR SHOW SHOW A WELL DEFINED CIRCULATION PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY THE SYSTEM AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. SURFACE DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE SURFACE CENTER IS DISPLACED SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST OF THE CLOUD AND RADAR MID-LEVEL CENTER AND THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY OF THE EXACT LOCATION. THE INITIAL MOTION IS ESTIMATED AT 360/5. THE TRACK GUIDANCE INDICATES A TURN TOWARD THE WEST AS THE DEPRESSION RUNS INTO A STRONG RIDGE...