BOSTON — The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Odette, located a couple of hundred miles south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the NHC also is monitoring a disturbance in the tropical Atlantic which could become Tropical Storm Peter and approach the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend. Most of the […]
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Tropical Depression To Form This Weekend, If Named It Will Be Peter
MIAMI — It’s just past the peak of hurricane season, and the tropics are teeming with activity. Two disturbances in the Atlantic are expected to become tropical depressions or tropical storms within days, one of which is forecast to bring high surf and, potentially, tropical-storm-force winds, forecasters said. The first of the two develop, though, […]
NHC Continues To Track 2 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic
MIAMI —The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two systems in the Atlantic, with chances increasing for development into tropical depressions later in the week. The next names in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will be Odette and Peter. 1. Showers and thunderstorms associated with a low pressure area located a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde […]
Tropical Depression Expected To Form In The Atlantic In The Next 48 Hours: NHC
HOUSTON —Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early this morning as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, drenching storm-battered Louisiana, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and bringing the potential for life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South. […]
Tropical Storm Nicholas Forms In The Southwestern Gulf Of Mexico
MIAMI — The center of Tropical Storm Nicholas was located by reconnaissance aircraft near latitude 20.5 North, longitude 94.8 West. Nicholas is moving toward the north-northwest near 13 mph (20 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue through tonight. A slower northward or north-northeastward motion is forecast by late Monday or Monday night. […]
ALONG WENT LARRY: Florida Panhandle Alerted To Tropical Storm Mindy
MIAMI — A previously lackluster storm system rapidly organized to become Tropical Storm Mindy this evening. The National Hurricane Center said it would begin advisories for Tropical Storm Mindy and include tropical storm warning for parts of Florida. As of 5 p.m. today, Mindy was 90 miles west-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, with maximum sustained winds […]
Wary USVI Residents Keep One Eye Peeled On Hurricane Larry In The Atlantic
MIAMI — Following the catastrophic path of Hurricane Ida and its remnants over the southern and eastern U.S. this week, the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season shows no signs of slowing down. Hurricane Larry is predicted to reach Category 4 strength over the open waters of the central Atlantic Ocean this holiday weekend, forecasters from the National Hurricane Center […]
Tropical Storm Larry Expected To Become A Category 3 Hurricane Won’t Stop Here
MIAMI — A rain system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea has a 30 percent chance of becoming a hurricane in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said this morning. “Some slow development of this system remains possible over the next couple of days if it remains over open water… The system will […]
ALONG CAME LARRY: NHC Tracking 4 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Kate formed today in the Atlantic, hurricane forecasters said. It is one of four disturbances they are tracking, including Ida, which hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane yesterday. As of 11 a.m., Ida had weakened into a tropical storm and was moving northeast over Mississippi. Tropical Storm Julian, which formed late Saturday over […]
Hurricane Center Watching ‘Several Systems’ In Atlantic; None A Threat So Far
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring several systems across the Atlantic Basin tonight. But none of these systems are currently a threat to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, according to the National Weather Service in Puerto Rico. El CNH monitoreando varios sistemas a través de la cuenca del Atlantico, sin embargo, […]