At about 10pm EDT, Alex made landfall in a rural part of Mexico between the towns of La Pesca and Punta de Piedra at an intensity of 90kts and 948mb. It was on an intensifying trend, which tends to make…

Tropical Storm Alex has gotten much better organized in the past 24 hours. The convection is becoming centralized and coalescing. Intensity as of 15Z today is 60kts and 982mb. It's very likely that by later today, Alex will become the…

Since my update on Friday afternoon, TD1 was upgraded to TS Alex early the following day. It made first landfall on Belize City, Belize as a 50kt tropical storm, tracked northwest across the Yucatan Peninsula, and entered the southern Gulf…

Since last weekend, there has been an area of disturbed weather gradually making its way from the southern Windward Islands to its current location just north of Honduras. During the past 18 hours or so, it has gotten much better…

Switching gears to the season in general, we have 4 new names in the roster to replace retired names from the historic Florida-centric 2004 season (there is a 6-year rotation of names). Colin will replace Charley, Fiona will replace Frances,…

Back on June 9, an African easterly wave exited the western coast of Africa and has gradually gotten better organized as it trekked westward. It's presently located near 10N 41W, or about 1400 miles east of the Windward Islands. It's…