[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Beryl this afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said. As of 2:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Beryl had winds of 40 mph and was moving to the west at 16 mph. It was located about 1,330 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles, a chain of islands […]
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‘Heavy Rains, Winds’ Expected From Tropical Depression Two in Virgin Islands Monday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is watching two areas of the Atlantic Ocean, including one that is a tropical depression. There is no indication either one will form into a hurricane, much less one that will strike the Virgin Islands, according to the hurricane center. A tropical depression is a […]
Record Cool Atlantic Ocean Could Force Hurricane Forecasters To Scale Back Predictions
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — With the official start of hurricane season in the Atlantic now just eight days away we take a closer look at the projected numbers for the upcoming season. Research scientist at Colorado State University Dr. Philip Klotzbach put out his early predictions for the 2018 season in April. […]
Colorado State University Forecasters Also Predict ‘Above-Average’ Hurricane Season
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — If you live here, Stormy Weather isn’t a just a jazz standard. In a preseason forecast issued Thursday, Colorado State University’s Tropical Meteorology Project predicts the upcoming hurricane season that begins June 1 will again be busy, although not as bad as the brutal 2017 season. The forecast calls for seven […]
AccuWeather Says It Expects ‘Above-Normal’ 2018 Hurricane Season With Five Major Storms
MIAMI — A major forecasting agency is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season in 2018. AccuWeather.com forecasters expect a “near normal to slightly above-normal” season with between 12 to 15 tropical storms, including six to eight hurricanes and three to five major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale). 2017 featured 17 tropical storms. The […]
BAD NEWS: National Hurricane Center in Miami Revises Death Toll From Hurricane Irma Upwards
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — The death toll from Hurricane Irma‘s catastrophic rampage across the Caribbean and the southeastern U.S. has risen to 44 fatalities directly caused by its strong winds and heavy rains, plus 85 fatalities indirectly linked to the storm, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. National Hurricane Center. […]
BAD NEWS: Experts Expect Another Destructive Hurricane Season: ‘A Repeat of 2017’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — A scientist with Global Weather Oscillations is predicting the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season to be “somewhat of a repeat of 2017,” claiming this year will bring more devastating storms. According to GWO, a storm prediction company, this year’s Atlantic hurricane season may be just as destructive — or […]
Consider Yourself Lucky More People Didn’t Die During the 2017 Hurricane Season … Is There A Reason Why?
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — The 2017 storm season tormented the U.S. with four hurricane landfalls and scores of deaths, but a preliminary review shows no one succumbed to the most lethal force in a tropical cyclone’s arsenal — storm surge. In a National Hurricane Center report released last week on Hurricane Harvey, which hit […]
‘Heavy Winds’ Expected To Knock Down ‘Wrong-Way’ Storms’ Chances For Further Development … Still, ‘Heavy Rains’ Expected This Weekend
[ad name=”HTML-68″] MIAMI — A low pressure system moving through the region could bring rain to parts of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Hispaniola over the weekend, forecasters said today. As of 6 a.m., the system was over the central Caribbean Sea and was producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Forecasters with the National Hurricane […]
A HURRICANE SEASON WE CAN’T FORGET: And In Many Cases Are Still Living In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season will long be remembered as one of the busiest and most destructive hurricane seasons on record. Five named storms and one tropical depression had already formed by the end of July with little fanfare or destruction, but that rapidly changed with ten consecutive hurricanes, most of which […]