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La Niña is likely to arrive this summer. Here’s what that means for hurricane season

El Niño is so last season. Federal forecasters say the climate pattern, which brought warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures to the Eastern Pacific — and helped drive global temperatures to new heights…

John McCarthy June 14, 2024

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Flash flood warning issued for St. Thomas: NWS

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — There is a flash flood warning in effect for St. Thomas until 10:30 a.m., the National Weather Service said on X. Between one and two inches of…

John McCarthy June 6, 2024

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Conditions call for a hurricane to develop by the end of the month: CPC

SAN JUAN — The bad news about yesterday's start to the Atlantic Hurricane Season is that more favorable conditions for cyclonic development are forecast between mid to late June. Wet…

John McCarthy June 2, 2024

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5 tropical waves in May means the hurricane season is primed for more disturbances

SAN JUAN — The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is off to a mild start as forecasters on the first day of this year's hurricane season predict no tropical cyclones for…

John McCarthy June 1, 2024

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Fifth tropical wave rolls off the coast of Africa

SAN JUAN — A fifth tropical wave has peeled off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands — one day before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane…

John McCarthy May 31, 2024

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‘Dense cloud’ of Saharan dust approaches

SAN JUAN — A dense cloud of Sahara dust is approaching on the way to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. It will occupy our islands for at least three…

John McCarthy May 30, 2024

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Now it’s 4 … tropical waves in and around the Caribbean

SAN JUAN — A tropical wave currently over the western Caribbean is causing scattered showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola, the Windward Passage and the southwestern Caribbean. Smoke from agricultural fires…

John McCarthy May 29, 2024

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3 tropical waves headed to the Caribbean, none expected to become storms

SAN JUAN — The National Hurricane Center has identified the third tropical wave off the west coast of Africa. It has no potential for cyclonic development. As the first tropical…

John McCarthy May 27, 2024

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First tropical wave of season approaches

SAN JUAN — The first tropical wave of the year is approaching the Virgin Islands this morning. Between this afternoon-evening and Monday, The wave is expected to cause an increase…

John McCarthy May 26, 2024

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NOAA predicts highest-ever number of named storms in preseason forecast

MIAMI — In the highest hurricane season forecast they have ever issued in May, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters said Thursday that the coming months may be exceptionally busy.…

John McCarthy May 23, 2024