The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is about to wrap up with a strange split personality: fewer storms than normal, but an ...

It may seem like meteorologists use these terms interchangeably, but is there actually a difference between them? And should you worry about one more than another? That may be a trick question: All of ...

Hurricane Melissa set records on it's way to impacting Jamaica, one was the largest wind gust ever recorded within a ...

Results vary based on who's measuring and what's being measured. But a 252 mph reading from Hurricane Melissa is among the ...

Hurricane Melissa caused the strongest winds ever recorded by a dropsonde in a tropical cyclone. Our expert provides details ...

November hurricanes are rare in Florida — and even rarer in Sarasota — but warmer waters could fuel late-season storms.

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's ...

Hurricane Melissa was a devastating category 5 storm that made landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest systems on record ...

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

On Sunday night, I flew through Hurricane Melissa’s eye — one of the most striking moments of my career and a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology that most will never have. It was humbling, ...

Hurricane hunters are specialized aviators who intentionally fly into dangerous storms to collect critical real-time weather data and conduct reconnaissance missions. They utilize robust, modified ...