Relatively unknown global weather patterns can drive the hurricane season. What are the ITCZ, Central American Gyre and the ...

A confluence of factors, including warmer-than-average water temperatures, could mean a heightened 2025 hurricane season.

In his final novel "Back to Blood," Tom Wolfe described the Florida sun as “an unnatural brilliance… [a] hellish heat lamp, which was the entire sky,” and even one of Wolfe’s impeccable, bespoke white ...

When El Niño is occurring, hurricane activity often decreases because of strong vertical wind shear. In contrast, La Niña creates a more favorable environment for hurricanes to form because of ...

NOAA defines wind shear as the rate of change in wind speed or direction over a certain distance, which can alter the storm's updraft, or upward moving air. This usually refers to vertical wind shear.

Wind speeds are now about 165 mph, and further weakening is expected due to vertical wind shear. Hurricane Milton 5 p.m. update. Hurricane Milton's reached Category 5 status again Tuesday afternoon.

Moving over very deep, warm waters with a low wind shear, the wind speeds grew by 85 mph in just 12 hours, according to hurricane center data, and the pressure dropped by an astonishing 64 millibars.

Vertical wind shear in the jet streams can be compared to what happens when a smooth river starts flowing more steeply downhill and speeds up, said Davide Faranda, research director of climate ...

When El Niño is occurring, hurricane activity often decreases because of strong vertical wind shear. In contrast, La Niña creates a more favorable environment for hurricanes to form because of ...

When El Niño is occurring, hurricane activity often decreases because of strong vertical wind shear. In contrast, La Niña creates a more favorable environment for hurricanes to form because of ...