During the Atlantic Hurricane Season, hurricane tracks change monthly, generally following the same pattern year after year. But why?

The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season began Saturday, and to help Floridians prepare, the first Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday also kicked off.

The weekend before Tropical Storm Ian is anticipated to come toward Florida is a great time to start double-checking your hurricane kits -- or creating one.

The two-week tax-free holiday is coming to a close Friday. Take advantage of the savings and pick up last-minute items you may need to complete your disaster preparedness kit.

We’re less than a week out from the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season and the National Hurricane Center is watching the southern part of the Bay of Campeche.

Beginning Saturday, Florida residents can buy supplies to prepare for hurricanes and other disasters tax-free until June 10.

Right on time, the National Hurricane Center has released their first tropical outlook of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Subtropical Storm Wanda has formed 850 miles southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland.

The National Hurricane Center has named the seventeenth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Tropical Storm Rose.

When weather teams issue forecasts, they come with certain specifics to help people understand what’s happening.

The National Hurricane Center has released its 2020 post-season reanalysis for Tropical Cyclone Gamma, upgrading it to a hurricane.

We have a record breaking 29th named storm...Theta is the 29th named storm in the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, breaking the previous record of 28th named storms in 2005. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s across southeast Georgia and northeast Florida. Wake up temperatures in the 70s across southeast Georgia and northeast Florida. Afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s across southeast Georgia, northeast Florida. Warm temperatures continue as showers, storms decrease later this week, this weekend.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Weve only got four names left unused (Sally, teddy, Vicky, & Wilfred) on the 2020 Hurricane names list and we are approaching the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Once we exhaust those names we move on to the Greek Alphabet for storm names like Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Epsilon, etc. While there are 26 letters in our traditional alphabet, there are only 22 storm names on the annual hurricane lists, skipping letters like Q, U, X, and Z. There are six rotation lists of names that the WMO uses for hurricane names. The 2005 hurricane season has the most retired names five for one season.

97L InvestThe first system we are watching is a tropical wave located over the eastern Caribbean Sea is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, along with gusty winds in these thunderstorms. We are watching a large area of showers and thunderstorms, located over Guinea and Sierra-Leone, Africa, is associated with a vigorous tropical wave. Environmental conditions are expected to be marginally conducive for some development of this system while the wave enters the extreme eastern Atlantic on Friday. Tracking The TropicsLooking AheadThe concern with these systems is the environmental conditions these storms will be entering may be conducive to development. Another factor that may lead to more conducive conditions for development is the weaker wind shear.

Our seasonal weekend continues with party cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms following us through sunset tonight. We can expect brief periods of moderate rainfall and lightning with these storms. The tropics are super busy with Tropical Storm Hanna, our first Hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season on Saturday. Now were watching a broad area of low pressure in the Mid Atlantic that has a 90% chance of development in the next 5 days. These are just big reminders that the hurricane season is in full swing, way ahead of schedule.

Hurricane Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, strengthened Saturday evening before making landfall at 6 p.m. EDT on Padre Island, pummeling the southeast Texas coast with 90 mph winds. As of 5 p.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center reported the system was moving west-southwest at 8 mph and a west-southwest motion is expected to continue through Sunday. The center of Hanna will now move inland over south Texas tonight and move into northeastern Mexico on Sunday. Hurricane Hanna Estimated Rain Totals (wjxt)INTERACTIVE: Track the TropicsA hurricane warning was in effect for Port Mansfield, Texas, to Port Aransas, Texas. Hanna broke the record as the earliest eighth Atlantic named storm, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season is here in full swing and its important to plan now for a storm. Here is a list of some key items to have in your pet supply kit:Medical recordsTwo weeks of food, water, and medicationsA current picture of your petSome sort of bedding for them to sleep onTreats and toys to keep them entertainedExtra leash or pet carrierBasically this is the way I look at it -- make their own special disaster supply kit, you have a pet supply kit," said Smith. If you plan on heading to a local shelter during a hurricane, make sure you check to see which shelters allow pets and which ones dont. You have specific requirements. When it comes to the specific locations of these shelters, those will be released once a storm threatens Northeast Florida.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Hurricane Lorenzo was a Category 2 hurricane Monday evening, setting its sights on the Azores and possibly Ireland. Earlier in Lorenzo's journey, the storm became the only Category 5 hurricane to ever have ventured that far north and east in the Atlantic. Lorenzo was the second Category 5 hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, the prior being Hurricane Dorian as it ravaged the Bahamas. Large swells generated by Lorenzo will continue to spread across much of the north Atlantic basin during the next few days. #Lorenzo has pushed seasonal Atlantic Accumulated Cyclone Energy over above-average NOAA season threshold definition (e.g., 111 ACE).

CNN Weather(CNN) - Another tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic and could strengthen into a hurricane by the end of the week. Jerry, the 10th named storm of this year's Atlantic Hurricane Season, was 960 miles east of the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches the northern Leeward islands Friday into Saturday morning, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said. The storm is moving west-northwest at 13 mph and could also impact the Lesser Antilles by early Saturday morning, Guy said. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Imelda is expected to dump heavy rain -- as much as 15 inches in two days -- over eastern Texas and Louisiana, CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri said.