Tag: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Hurricane Zeta Slams Into Mexico’s Caribbean Coast

MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Zeta brought strong winds and heavy rains to Mexico’s Caribbean coast before weakening to a tropical storm today and heading towards the United States. There were no reports of deaths or significant damage after Zeta made landfall near the resort town of Tulum late Monday, the second hurricane to hit the […]

Colorful Fireball In Puerto Rico Night Sky Captured On Video

SAN JUAN — Hundreds of people called up local authorities and updated their social media timelines as the Borinquens spotted a fireball in the night skies of Puerto Rico. Locals took to social media to share pictures and videos of the colorful fireball above the “emerald” island on Wednesday night. The spectacular nighttime light show was shot on […]

Forecasters Tracking 2 Disturbances In Caribbean And Atlantic, Including Tropical Storm Epsilon

MIAMI — Forecasters say a disturbance in the Caribbean has a 10 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression within five days. As of 7 a.m. today, the disturbance — a trough of low pressure — extended from the northwestern Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan peninsula into the southwest Caribbean Sea. It’s expected to […]

3 Disturbances Could Bring A ‘Massive’ Amount of Rainfall To The USVI and PR This Weekend

MIAMI — Three disturbances being watched in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea may not become named storms, but could bring massive rainfall to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring the first disturbance, a weak area of low pressure to the west of the […]

SUSTAINABILITY: U.S. Virgin Islands And Puerto Rico To Get Customized Fishery Rules

SAN JUAN — One size doesn’t fit all, and that cliché was at the heart of a recent decision to revamp fishing guidelines in the American Caribbean. Island-based fishery management plans will now guide managers in designing policies that are specific to the biodiversity, culture, and other characteristics of different locations after the U.S. Secretary of […]

Hurricane Sally Won’t Lay Down, Brings ‘Nightmare’ Rains, Flooding To Southeastern U.S.

PENSACOLA — Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead. Moving agonizingly slowly at less than five kilometres […]

Tropical Depression 13 To Bring 1 To 3 Inches Of Rain To USVI As Tropical Storm Laura On Saturday: NHC

MIAMI — As Tropical Depression 13 continues to spin on a forecast track north of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a second tropical depression formed this morning in the Caribbean with a path projected towards the Texas coastline, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. update. As of 11 a.m. today, Tropical Depression 13 […]

Tropical Storm Josephine Tracking North of The U.S. Virgin Islands … So Far

MIAMI —  NOAA’s National Hurricane Center issued a Public Advisory at 5 a.m. today due to the presence of Tropical Depression Eleven (formerly Invest 95L) that is tracking near the Caribbean. If T.D. 11 strengthens into a tropical storm, the next name on the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names list is Josephine. PROJECTED PATH Tropical Depression 11 is located about […]

STRAIGHT INTA THE V.I. Tropical Cyclone Nine Expected To Dump 3 Inches Of Rain On St. Croix

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The National Hurricane Center issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this morning, including Vieques and Culebra, which means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. As of 2 p.m. today, the developing weather system was centered near Latitude […]

NOAA: Conditions Around Invest 92-L Make It Likely To Grow Into A Tropical Storm

MIAMI — NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Florida issued a Tropical Weather Outlook at 8 a.m. today, due to the presence of Invest 92-L that will likely form into a tropical cyclone over the Atlantic Ocean. Invest 92-L is a broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave over the central tropical Atlantic […]