Tropical cyclones
Tropical cyclones are amongst the most powerful and destructive meteorological systems on earth. Globally, 80 to 100 develop over tropical oceans each year. Many of these make landfall and can cause considerable damage to property and loss of life.
North Atlantic tropical storms seasonal forecast
Dynamical seasonal prediction models from the Met Office (GloSea) and ECMWF are used to forecast the number of tropical storms forming over the North Atlantic.
StormTracker
StormTracker provides a complete mapped picture of tropical storms around the globe to aid decision making, help evaluate risk and enable the comparison of past and present storms.
Warnings and guidance
Tropical cyclone forecast guidance is produced by the Met Office and used by various other met. centres in the production of their tropical cyclone warnings.
Tropical cyclone short-period forecast verification
The Met Office produces forecasts for every tropical cyclone which develops and also verifies the quality of these forecasts. Charts and statistics assessing the forecast performance are produced for each tropical cyclone.
Past tropical cyclones
How many tropical cyclones have there been in recent years and which places have been hit by them? Information on the frequency and tracks of recent tropical cyclones and some images.
Tropical cyclone facts
Who decides what the next name is going to be? What's the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon? Is climate change affecting tropical cyclones?
Follow metofficestorms on Twitter
Met Office Twitter feed on storms including latest tropical cyclone information.
For queries on the Met Office involvement in tropical cyclone forecasting, email tropical_cyclones@metoffice.gov.uk.
Some recent tropical storms:
Hurricane Sandy
