National Hurricane Center – Virgin Islands Free Press

JUST IN TIME! Crews Install New Radar Station In Puerto Rico Serving Virgin Islands

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- A new radar has risen from the ground nine months after Hurricane Maria tore it and thousands of other structures down to their…

John McCarthy June 20, 2018

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HURRICANE SEASON 2018: Cooler Ocean Temps Force Forecasters To Revise Predictions Downward

This May 26 satellite image taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Subtropical Storm Alberto in the Gulf of Mexico as it approached the U.S. Gulf Coast.…

John McCarthy June 1, 2018

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IT’S OFFICIAL! Subtropical Alberto Is First Named Storm of 2018 … Ahead of Season

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- The first storm of the 2018 Hurricane season has officially formed in the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center made the announcement at 9…

John McCarthy May 25, 2018

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NHC Monitoring Invest 90L To See If It Becomes Season’s First Named Storm … In May!

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- The disturbance in the northwest Caribbean- called Invest 90L - is becoming better organized, and the models are now indicating that there is a good…

John McCarthy May 25, 2018

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MONTH EARLY? Hurricane Season Just Can’t Wait With Tropical System Set To Form This Weekend

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- We're still almost a month away from the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, so why are we already looking at tropical…

John McCarthy May 3, 2018

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We’ll Never Have Another Hurricane Irma Or Hurricane Maria Again … At Least Not The Name

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate. These four hurricanes brought death and destruction to parts of the United States and the Caribbean last…

John McCarthy April 25, 2018

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Hurricane Hunters Gear Up For Another Season Touring Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham and several U.S. hurricane specialists are making a tour to local airports in Mexico and the Caribbean to…

John McCarthy April 16, 2018

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National Hurricane Center Releases List of 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Names

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI - The National Hurricane Center has released the list of all 21 names being used for this year's tropical storms in the Atlantic. The…

John McCarthy April 10, 2018

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Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Faces Brief Torrential Rain Showers As Invest 92L Tries To Develop To The North

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Regardless of whether the Atlantic Basin’s next tropical depression forms in the coming days, downpours will stream across the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico still enduring…

John McCarthy October 15, 2017

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LAST THING WE NEED: A ‘Weak Disturbance’ Invest 92L Has Formed East Of The Virgin Islands And Puerto Rico

INVEST 92L: 2017 VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS STORM TRACKER CHRISTIANSTED -- The last thing the Virgin Islands needs now is more bad weather. But there is a weak tropical disturbance…

John McCarthy October 14, 2017