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winknews.com > weather > weve-reached-the-peak-of-hurricane-season-heres-where-2026-stands > article_9784ee0d-d846-4cf9-bde2-3a1e005edd19.html

We've reached the peak of hurricane season: Here's where 2026 stands

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (223+ words) WINK News September 10 is the climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, but this year’s tropics look anything but typical The 2026 Atlantic season has produced just five named storms so far.As the WINK News Weather Authority recently…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > news > wink_hurricane_preparedness > 2026-hurricane-season-record-breaking-in-a-good-way > article_e3e123bb-b80e-4d2e-83ec-47552be438f1.html

2026 Hurricane Season...Record breaking in a good way

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (167+ words) The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is making history, and for Southwest Florida, it's happening for all the right reasons. For the third consecutive Labor Day weekend, there was no active tropical cyclone anywhere in the Atlantic basin, including the Atlantic Ocean,…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > weather > tropical-storm-edouard-downgrades-to-tropical-depression > article_06b755a9-faca-49a6-8d43-42a0b81ef394.html

Tropical Storm Edouard downgrades to Tropical Depression

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) WINK News SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (WINK) — Tropical storm Edouard has downgraded to a tropical depression.Edouard made landfall along the Louisiana coast According to radar data from Lake Charles, La., and Houston, Texas, Edouard touched down near Johnson…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > weather > tropical-storm-edouard-forecast-to-strengthen-could-near-hurricane-strength-at-landfall > article_06b755a9-faca-49a6-8d43-42a0b81ef394.html

Tropical Storm Edouard forecast to strengthen; could near hurricane strength at landfall

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) WINK News SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (WINK) — Tropical Storm Edouard is strengthening rapidly and could reach hurricane force before making landfall along the northwest Gulf Coast later today.Current Status As of the latest update, Edouard was located about 65 miles…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > weather > tropical-depression-five-forms-in-the-gulf > article_7edd8e7b-89ed-43aa-b2f2-f2baf9566118.html

Tropical Depression Five forms in the Gulf

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (WINK) — The Weather Authority is tracking two systems in the Tropics on Monday. Northwestern Gulf: A storm could form fast A small area of low pressure in the northern Gulf of Mexico, just about 100 miles south of Louisiana,…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > weather > national-hurricane-center-initiates-advisories-on-potential-tropical-cyclone-five > article_7edd8e7b-89ed-43aa-b2f2-f2baf9566118.html

National Hurricane Center initiates advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Five

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (WINK) — The Weather Authority is tracking two systems in the Tropics on Monday. Northwestern Gulf: A storm could form fast A small area of low pressure in the northern Gulf of Mexico, just about 100 miles south of Louisiana,…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > weather > nhc-tags-two-new-areas-of-potential-tropical-development > article_1d80c9fd-4259-4b22-97a8-2e44644fca03.html

NHC tags two new areas of potential tropical development

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (101+ words) WINK News SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, (WINK) — The National Hurricane Center tagged two new areas of potential tropical development. Neither area has a likely chance of tropical development. Northeastern and North-Central Gulf of America: Disorganized cloudiness and showers over portions of the…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > weather > tropical-wave-near-cabo-verde-development-chances-ticked-down > article_fc979738-058d-473b-9f32-663d658cfd06.html

Tropical wave near Cabo Verde: development chances ticked down

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (132+ words) WINK News The system southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is still being watched, but its odds of development have eased slightly with the 8:00 update from the National Hurricane Center. Showers and storms associated with the wave remain disorganized,…...

WINK News - Southwest Florida
winknews.com > weather > newly-formed-tropical-wave-in-the-eastern-atlantic-may-have-a-rough-weekend > article_194bf30a-8b30-4738-b250-769dd3a121c1.html

Newly formed tropical wave in the Eastern Atlantic may have a rough weekend

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (164+ words) WINK News SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (WINK) — The WINK Weather Authority is monitoring newly designated 96L in the eastern Atlantic But this area of low pressure will have a rough time surviving the weekend Invest 96L is expected to become a tropical…...