Tropical Storm Tammy developed in the central Atlantic on Wednesday evening, becoming the 19th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. AccuWeather forecasters say it will impact some islands in the northeastern Caribbean before charting a course over the ocean's open waters, likely remaining to the east of Bermuda. AccuWeather experts have warned for days of a high chance of development into a tropical storm, and on Wednesday morning, dubbed the system a tropical rainstorm and initiat
Tammy strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic on Friday morning. AccuWeather forecasters say it will impact the islands in the northeastern Caribbean as a strengthening hurricane and has an outside chance of becoming a major hurricane - Category 3 or greater - as it pulls away from the islands next week. It was first designated as a tropical storm and was named Tammy while over the central Atlantic on Wednesday evening, becoming the 19th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. N
AccuWeather hurricane experts continue to monitor a cluster of showers and thunderstorms in the central Atlantic, which could soon become the next named tropical system in the Atlantic basin. The tropical wave, designated as Invest 94L by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), will continue to shift westward across the central Atlantic and is expected to become more organized throughout the week. AccuWeather experts are giving this wave a high chance of developing into a tropical system between Oc
In the East Pacific this week, AccuWeather hurricane experts are monitoring Tropical Storm Lidia, the 12th named storm in the basin. On Saturday, Lidia was approaching hurricane strength (maximum sustained winds greater than 74 mph, or 119 km/h) as it slowly churned over 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico. The storm is expected to move west-northwestward, parallel to the Mexican coastline, into Sunday and generate swells along the Baja California peninsula and West Coast of M
What was once Hurricane Lidia, the 12th named storm in the Eastern Pacific basin, has lost wind intensity over the mountainous terrain of western Mexico, transitioning to a tropical rainstorm. Lidia formed on Tuesday, Oct. 3, well off the coast of western Mexico. Late Monday, Oct. 9, Lidia reached hurricane strength (maximum sustained winds greater than 74 mph, or 119 km/h). By Tuesday afternoon, Lidia intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength with winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) as it churned ab