Weather

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, and long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of the NHC’s 10 a.m. advisory, Sara was located about 205 miles east of Isla Guanaja, Honduras and 50 miles northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border ...

After a gloomy few weeks of late autumn, Spokane may get some sun Tuesday.

Outdoor burning and the use of wood fireplaces are banned in Spokane County because of poor air quality.

Hurricane Rafael, now a Category 2 storm, is expected to slowly trek west across the Gulf of Mexico for the next few days.

The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Rafael weakened into a Category 2 storm Wednesday evening after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 on its way into the Gulf of Mexico, while the Florida Keys remained under a tropical storm warning.

A hurricane could enter the Gulf of Mexico as soon as Wednesday, after striking western Cuba and the Cayman Islands. The outer bands could sweep the Florida Keys and send some rain over the Florida peninsula later in the week.

Kids might need coats over their costumes while trick-or-treating . The National Weather Service forecasts Spokane to be cold and wet Thursday evening.

A new storm could form in the Caribbean this week, and forecasters have been steadily increasing the odds it will strengthen.

As layers of crispy orange and yellow leaves blanket sidewalks around Spokane, dustings of snow are nigh for several mountain passes, foreshadowing the cold and wet La Niña forecast to come.

The surprise hurricane that popped up and lashed Cuba over the weekend lost some steam Monday, and is forecast to turn and head toward the Bahamas and away from Florida by Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center continued Friday to keep track of two systems with a chance to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, with the most likely in the western Caribbean.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - In 2017, Angela and Donald Brudos moved to a modest, ranch-style house where the Caloosahatchee River empties into the vast calm of the Gulf of Mexico. Despite Florida’s reputation for extreme weather, it held out the promise of an affordable paradise where they could retire.

Fall has arrived in the Inland Northwest. Leaves are changing, jack-o’-lanterns are out, a chill is coming.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to track a system in the Atlantic and one that could form in the Caribbean that have chances to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

A tropical disturbance in the mid-Atlantic has an increasing chance of developing and approaching the Caribbean this week, according to the National Hurricane Center.