A satellite map of the Gulf of Mexico reveals the “loop current,” a hairpin curve of hotter than usual water that could help grow future Hurricane Helene into a Category 3 storm. University of Miami ...

Read full article: The science behind those vivid Saharan dust sunsets ORLANDO, Fla. – The good ole “Loop Current.” When you hear meteorologists talk about possible tropical development in the Gulf of ...

NEW ORLEANS — When you hear talk about possible tropical development in the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico, you might hear about something called "the Loop Current." But what is that, and how does it ...

The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is a current of warm tropical water that is looping unusually far into the ...

A new study examines the circulation in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and sheds new light on the behavior of the Loop Current and Loop Current Eddies, the relation between the upper- and lower-layer ...

The Loop Current is ominously far north this year—combined with other factors, it could make for a disastrous hurricane season. Reading time 3 minutes The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Gulf Loop Current is a large pool of hot water a couple hundred miles west of Tampa Bay. This hurricane season, it’s looking even more imposing than normal. The loop current ...

A better understanding of the deep, warm water Loop Current System of the Gulf of Mexico - which contributed to the rapid intensification of Hurricanes Katrina and Ike - will require a 10-year ...