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…

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…

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…