These are not waves in the ocean in the sense that you can play in them at the beach, but the ocean does play a large part in pumping moisture into these tropical waves that exist from near ...

Most of the waves "aren't very noteworthy, and about half of them are almost imperceptible," said Chris Landsea, chief of the National Hurricane Center's tropical analysis and forecast branch.

Storm tracker: Hurricane forecasters watch tropical waves and more The National Hurricane Center does not expect tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic during the next seven days, but ...

Tropical waves don't actually come from Africa. Their origin is farther east, tracing their roots to the Indian Monsoon. Here's what happens next. Tropical waves don't actually come from Africa.

NOAA's National Ocean Service puts it this way:. The recipe for a hurricane is: "A pre-existing weather disturbance: A hurricane often starts out as a tropical wave. "Warm water: Water at least 26 ...

Pull up the National Hurricane Center's daily map this week and you’ll see that no tropical cyclone activity is expected within the next seven days as the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season kicks ...