Jacksonville, Fl. — THE TROPICS: The Atlantic hurricane season is June 1st through Nov. 30th.

The map below shows the *average* time for a tropical wave coming off Africa to travel west & northwest. Only about 1 in 5 tropical waves - on average - become a tropical cyclone of some sort (depression/storm/hurricane): Water vapor loop (dark blue/yellow is dry mid & upper level air): October Atlantic tropical cyclone origins:

DULAC, La. — One year after Hurricane Ida slammed into the tiny town of Dulac, Louisiana, longtime resident Penny Verdin is still homeless and living in a mobile home provided by FEMA. The single mother of two is unsure when exactly she'll be able to ...

Names are retired if they are so deadly or costly that the future use of the name would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity, NOAA said.

The map below shows the *average* time for a tropical wave coming off Africa to travel west & northwest. Only about 1 in 5 tropical waves - on average - become a tropical cyclone of some sort (depression/storm/hurricane): Water vapor loop (dark blue/yellow is dry mid & upper level air): October Atlantic tropical cyclone origins:

A disturbance off Central America that was highlighted for the possibility of tropical development over the Bay of Campeche has moved onshore and is no longer being monitored for development into a tropical system.

Historically, Tennessee hasn't had to pay much attention to hurricane season. The probability of a tropical storm affecting us has actually gone up.

A combination of weather factors and geography helped make it one of the most brutal storms in the modern history of hurricanes.