Tropical Weather Archives

A spectacular Fujiwhara effect happens with merging tropical cyclones Seroja and Odette, both head for a rare and damaging impact to Australia this weekend

April 10, 2021 by Marko Korosec

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We don’t see this very often, but the tropical region is facing two merging cyclones this week. A so-called Fujiwhara effect of tropical cyclone Seroja … Read more

Earth’s record low temperature of -111 °C recorded atop of the thunderstorm clouds in the tropical Pacific on Dec 29th, 2018

March 29, 2021 by Marko Korosec

On the 29th of December 2018, the VIIRS sensor aboard the NOAA-20 satellite measured the Earth’s record low temperature ever. The lowest temperature reached an … Read more

A monster Tropical Cyclone Niran peaks at Category 5, now heads for a destructive landfall in New Caledonia. Another violent storm west in the Indian Ocean

March 6, 2021 by Marko Korosec

A rapidly developing Tropical Cyclone Niran has strengthened to a Category 5 system this Friday and became one of the strongest storms ever recorded over … Read more

Explosive development of a dangerous Tropical Cyclone Niran along northeast Queensland, Australia. Heads for New Caledonia this weekend

March 6, 2021March 3, 2021 by Marko Korosec

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Off to the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia, a rapidly developing tropical cyclone Niran forms this week. Very favorable warm seas and low shear should … Read more

A Category 5 Tropical Cyclone YASA now heads for an extremely dangerous landfall in Fiji on Thursday

December 16, 2020 by Marko Korosec

An extremely rapid intensification of Tropical Cyclone YASA is underway, the system is heading for a potentially destructive landfall in Fiji this Thursday. Yasa is … Read more

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends today, but is it really over? Could the low near Madeira and Azores still become the next storm?

November 30, 2020 by Marko Korosec

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends today, a record-breaking 2020 season with 30 named storms. It could soon get its 31st named storm as … Read more

Atlantic hurricane season soon at its official end, but a new Subtropical storm Kappa could form near the Azores by Monday

November 30, 2020November 29, 2020 by Marko Korosec

November 30th is the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season, but a record-breaking 2020 season just doesn’t give up. There are currently two waves … Read more

Atlantic 2020 hurricane season is not done yet, new storms are possible. Is there also a threat to the United States?

November 20, 2020 by Marko Korosec

Although the Atlantic hurricane season 2020 has already generated record-breaking statistics – 30 named storms, 12 United States mainland landfalls, 9 Greek alphabet list storms, … Read more