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 ...

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 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 ...

Read full article: Tropics update: Here’s what’s really going on in the busy Atlantic basin ORLANDO, Fla. – The information in this story is dated to 5:44 p.m. Friday. For the latest on what has since ...