Cristina: Wednesday June 10
National Hurricane Center (NHC) Update Tropical Storm Cristina According to the 6:00 AM CST Intermediate Advisory 9A, Tropical Storm Cristina is located near 12.4°N, 88.8°W, positioned offshore along the coast of Central America. The system is creeping along a slow westward trajectory at a crawl of only 3 mph, carrying maximum sustained winds of 40 […]
Amanda: Saturday June 6
National Hurricane Center (NHC) Update Commentary & Synoptic Analysis The Steering EnvironmentThe real story of Amanda isn’t the storm itself, but the atmospheric blockbuster holding it down. The NHC discussion explicitly mentions a “sprawling low- to mid-level high pressure to Amanda’s northwest” that is forcing the system to bend westward today and nose-dive southwestward by […]