• Severe Tropical Storm Rumbia heading toward south China

    After moving through the Philippines, Tropical Storm Rumbia strengthened in South China Sea and is about to make landfall in south China, between Hong Kong and the Luichow Peninsula, somewhere between the Leizhou Bay and Yangjiang, early

  • Tropical Storm Dalila close to southern Mexican coast

    System 96E in Eastern Pacific became a tropical depression late on June 29, 2013 and quickly grew into Tropical Storm Dalila early on June 30, 2013. 

    GOES Infrared satellite image and MIMIC Total precipitable water on June 30, 2013 (Credit:

  • New tropical cyclone forming in Eastern Pacific

    Shower activity associated with an area of low pressure centered about 500 miles SSW of Acapulco, Mexico has become better organized during June 28, 2013. Upper-level winds have become favorable for additional development and tropical depression could form during the

  • Tropical Storm Rumbia (Gorio) to make landfall in Philippines

    Tropical depression that formed east of Philippines on June 27, 2013 became Tropical Storm 06W and was named Rumbia. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has given the tropical depression the name

  • Cosme became hurricane and weakened into tropical storm again

    Cosme is the second hurricane of the 2013 Eastern Pacific season. During late May, Barbara became a hurricane just prior to making landfall near Puerto Arista, Mexico in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. On June 26, 2013, Hurricane Cosme was battering Clarion Island,

  • Two new areas of low pressure formed in East Pacific

    Two new areas of low pressure are forming in the East Pacific. Both of these systems pose little if any threat to land as they continue to move westward away from the mainland. 

    Combined infrared image by GOES West (09:30 UTC, June 23, 2013) and GOES East

  • Tropical Storm Bebinca weakens into depression in Gulf of Tonkin

    Bebinca made its first landfalls as a tropical storm on the eastern part of Hainan Island in the South China Sea on June 22, 2013. The storm system weakened to a depression due the land interaction, but it's expected to move further to the west-northwest

  • Tropical Storm Barry about to make landfall in Veracruz, Mexico

    Tropical Depression Two has strengthened to Tropical Storm Barry over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on June 19, 2013. Barry is the second tropical storm of 2013 Atlantic hurricane season and it's about to make landfall in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The

  • Tropical Storm Leepi (Emong) moves toward Japan

    Tropical depression east of Philippines gained more strength and became Tropical Storm Leepi (Emong) on June 18, 2013. After moving offshore of the Philippines, Tropical Storm Leepi is headed north towards Taiwan. It is forecast to continue northeast toward