National Hurricane Center tracking Hurricane Rafael, system approaching Caribbean
Rain, tropical-storm-force winds and even the potential for some tornadoes are possible for some portions of Florida with Tropical Storm Rafael.
Tracking Hurricane Rafael: Interactive storm radar, latest cone and impacts
Hurricane Rafael formed in the Caribbean Tuesday afternoon and is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico later this week. Louisiana is in the forecast cone, and could see impacts by Friday or into the weekend.
Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to enter the Gulf as a hurricane by Wednesday
Once Rafael enters the Gulf it is expected to remain a strong Category 1 hurricane and make a westerly turn. It should maintain strength until Thursday or Friday as it travels over the Loop Current.
Tropical Storm Rafael expected to become a hurricane. What can Okaloosa County expect?
Steady to rapid intensification is forecast over the next 24 to 36 hours, and Rafael is forecast to become a hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean.
Tracking Hurricane Rafael
Rafael was a tropical storm in the Caribbean Sea Tuesday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 70 miles per hour. Follow our coverage here.
Tropical storm and hurricane alerts issued for Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
A broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea is becoming better organized and the National Hurricane Center is initiating advisories on the system as of 4 p.m. Sunday.
Tropical Storm Rafael could undergo 'rapid intensification': Is US at risk?
Tropical Storm Rafael strengthened Tuesday on its path toward the Cayman Islands and Cuba as weather officials in the U.S. monitored the storm for potential impacts to the Gulf Coast. Rafael was forecast to swipe Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon before intensifying into a hurricane near the Cayman Islands and gaining more steam ahead of its expected landfall in Cuba on Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Rafael spins toward the Cayman Islands as Cuba prepares for hurricane hit
Tropical Storm Rafael is chugging toward the Cayman Islands and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane en route to Cuba
Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and could threaten the US Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Rafael formed in the Caribbean Sea Monday afternoon and could bring a rare November threat to the United States this weekend after tearing through parts of the western Caribbean. Rafael is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane Tuesday and could rapidly intensify over the warm water of the northwest Caribbean,
Tropical Storm Rafael intensifies in the Carribean as Cuba braces for another hurricane
Rafael was expected to continue to pass by Jamaica through Tuesday afternoon, be near or over the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night, and make landfall in Cuba on Wednesday.
A storm is expected to form soon in the Caribbean. What to know.
A new storm threat — soon to be named “Rafael” — is organizing in the Caribbean and follows a storm named Patty that formed over the weekend. The latest system is expected to become a hurricane by early Wednesday and may even remain a hurricane into the Gulf of Mexico.
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