tropical weather

Colorado State University has updated its seasonal hurricane forecast for 2026, reducing the number of storms expected across the Atlantic.

What you need to know as Saharan dust heads towards South Carolina.

South Carolina has historically seen limited tropical impacts during July. Tropical Storm Chantal impacted the region in 2025 and Hurricane Bob made landfall in 1985.

South Carolina will be the subject of beneficial rain as tropical moisture from the Gulf impacts the state on Thursday and Friday.

South Carolina has seen just three June tropical cyclone landfalls since 1851, with no system stronger than a Category 1 hurricane.

During an average year, the Atlantic Basin sees 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. The list of names for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts with Arthur.

NOAA’s outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season predicts below-normal activity as an impending El Niño will lead to increased wind shear across the basin.

The National Hurricane Center released its first daily outlook for the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf on Friday which showed no tropical activity was expected over the next week.

The first named cyclone in the Atlantic basin typically forms around June 20, with meteorologists tracking the first hurricane by Aug. 11. The first named storm will be Arthur.

With the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season less than a month away, South Carolina officials are urging residents to prepare now as part of Hurricane Preparedness Month.