Please view our hurricane and tropical images slideshow for current wind gusts and Rafael's storm track. Wave heights may range from 10 to 30 feet as Rafael travels in the Gulf of Mexico.

Invest 99 in the Caribbean has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression and tropical storm by the weekend. Most reliable modeling suggests a move to the Gulf of Mexico next week with some ...

The Loop Current is an ocean current that transports warm Caribbean water through the Yucatan Channel between Cuba and Mexico. The current flows northward into the Gulf of Mexico, then loops ...

Hurricane Rafael has pushed into the SE Gulf of Mexico and is expected to drift WNW. As it encounters more hostile winds and drier air, it will gradually weaken back to a tropical storm by ...

Every year, between June and November they hit the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern coast ... an atmospheric phenomenon known as a tropical wave. The wave starts as a type of ...

The NHC said Rafael is expected to meander over the central Gulf of Mexico through Sunday night, and then make a turn to the south and south-southwest on Monday and Tuesday.

The FOX Forecast Center said a weak area of low pressure is expected to develop close to the coast, and that will help funnel a surge of moisture in from the southern Gulf of Mexico. "Remember ...