Despite the early start to the 2024 hurricane season due to warm water temperatures, Mérida’s historical resilience is a reassuring factor. As an inland city in the northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mérida is shielded from direct hurricane strikes. Tropical storms passing near the city are typically weakened because they travel over land. Though Mérida…
Beryl wasn’t as damaging as advertised, but we’ll be ready for the next inevitable storm of hurricane season.
The Yucatán hurricane season is definitely on early. Depending on which computer model you believe, the Peninsula could be hit with the first of several hurricanes this weekend. While we keep an eye on Beryl, here’s a brief history to put this possibly rocky hurricane season in context. The Yucatán Peninsula has weathered its share…
As Yucatán braces for the 2024 Hurricane Season preparation is key. Here is a comprehensive guide.
Tropical Storm Ian will become a hurricane today and bypass the Yucatán Peninsula on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Ian will reach major hurricane strength by late Monday before it hits western Cuba the next day, forecasters said. The center of Ian is forecast to pass well southwest of Jamaica today and…
Hurricane watchers are concerned about a tropical wave that some computer models predict will hit the Yucatán Peninsula with force next week. Today, Tropical Wave Invest 98-L is near the southern Windward Islands. It is still in flux, but has a 90% chance of becoming a hurricane over the next five days. The question is,…
A disturbance in the Caribbean and another in the Atlantic have gotten the attention of hurricane forecasters. After an unusually long period of inactivity, long-range forecast models predict the earlier of two current storm systems will enter the Gulf of Mexico next week. All bets are off for the second disturbance. The low-pressure trough is…
Yucatan’s hurricane season has been pretty quiet so far, bringing no more than afternoon thunderstorms. In fact, 2022 has seen the slowest start to the Atlantic hurricane season in about 30 years. But don’t get too comfortable. The peak season is here. And the first area to watch will be near the Yucatán Peninsula, said…
They predicted a stormy hurricane season, but it’s been so quiet so far (knock wood). You can thank the large outbreak of dust from the Sahara Desert, covering a good part of the tropical Atlantic for most of the month. The dry, dusty air about 8,000 feet up in the atmosphere might make our eyes…
Look outside. Can’t you tell it’s begun? It’s June 1, officially the first day of the Atlantic Hurricane season. Already, Hurricane Agatha in the Pacific has hit Mexico, and its remnants are affecting weather in Yucatán. It’s likely that this weather system will strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico and become the first named storm…
Hurricane Agatha, expected to make landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast today as a major Category 3 storm, is unlikely to enter the Yucatán Peninsula with any ferocity, forecasters said. But the National Hurricane Center gave a 30% chance for storm development in the Caribbean over the next five days. The week ahead is likely to…
Some weather forecasters believe the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season will be very active for the third straight year. Jumping ahead of the official National Hurricane Center forecast, rivals at AccuWeather are already predicting extreme weather. Compared to government meteorologists at NOAA, AccuWeather is a little more daring with its long-term predictions. The 2022 Atlantic hurricane…
It has been more than three months since the last tropical system in the Atlantic: Remember Tropical Storm Wanda? But now we are just 93 days away from the official start of the 2022 hurricane season on June 1, with daily National Hurricane Center reports beginning May 15. The 2021 season was the third-most active…
As Mexico heads to the peak of hurricane season, a low-pressure system in the central Caribbean Sea is causing concern. The disturbance has a 70% chance to grow into a tropical depression or storm, reaching the Yucatán Peninsula within the next five days. Mexico and U.S. states on the Gulf should monitor its progress closely…
Tropical Storm Grace is being declared the most fierce storm the Yucatán Peninsula has seen in 19 years, when Isidoro famously struck. Fallen trees and downed power lines left homes in the dark for hours — as of 6:30 a.m. today an untold number of households are still without power. But Grace was no Isidoro. No…
Updated 10:20 p.m.: Its center 85 miles southeast of Mérida, Tropical Storm Grace is over Peto and heading west to the Gulf of Mexico. Top wind speeds were 75 miles per hour, reaching around 30 mph in the capital city. Businesses and public transportation systems were shut down as a precaution in Mérida and most…
Tropical storm Grace is currently nearing Jamaica and Cuba. Its trajectory will likely bring it into Mexico, where it could hit land late Wednesday or early Thursday.
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is off to a fast start, even faster than the 2020 season.
The probability of tropical storm or hurricane formation over the Gulf of Mexico has grown to 60% over the next five days.
Meteorologists are predicting another hyperactive hurricane season, which would affect Yucatán. According to computer models, the greater Atlantic region may see as many as 17 tropical cyclones. “It is likely that as many as 8 of the 17 tropical cyclones we are expecting will turn into full-fledged hurricanes,” says Dr. Philip Klotzbach of Colorado University. …
Zeta brought yet more rain to Yucatan on Tuesday, but it was a fraction of the amount that came with some recent storms. Residents were relieved that the tropical storm did not bring another round of flooding at vulnerable areas such as Las Américas and the Paseo de Montejo underpass. Around 1.6 inches of rain…
After strengthening into a Category 1 hurricane, Zeta is bringing heavy rains and possible storm surges to regions drenched by Delta just three weeks earlier. The storm entered Yucatan state around 1 a.m. Tuesday, the state Civil Protection Unit announced. The hurricane first battered the municipality of Chemax after crossing the state border with Quintana…
Tropical Storm Zeta formed early Sunday morning in the Caribbean Sea 430 miles / 692 km southeast of Merida with sustained winds at 45 mph / 65 kph and with greater gusts. Zeta is expected to cross over or near the Yucatan Peninsula late Monday and early Tuesday, possibly as a Category 1 hurricane with 75…
Hurricane Delta only sideswiped Merida, bringing 12 hours — and about 12 inches — of rain, but not nearly the kind of devastation forecasters feared. The storm still brought tragedy to at least one neighborhood. One woman died in Las Americas when she was electrocuted, according to local media. The 64-year-old had stepped into a…
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