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Bret’s Closest Approach To USVI Will Be South of St. Croix on Friday

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Bret is projected to be a hurricane when it approaches the U.S. Virgin Islands in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.…

John McCarthy June 20, 2023

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Tropical Storm Bret Forms, Could Pass Near USVI, Puerto Rico As Hurricane This Week

SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Bret has formed over the central Atlantic, and could strengthen to a hurricane by the end of the week when it passes the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico…

John McCarthy June 19, 2023

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Rainmaker Conditions Expected For USVI and Puerto Rico Starting Thursday

SAN JUAN — Satellite images indicate that the area of low pressure located roughly midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles has become better organized overnight and is close to…

John McCarthy June 19, 2023

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Tropical System Invest 92L Has 90 Percent Chance of Formation

MIAMI — Showers and thunderstorms are gradually becoming better organized in association with a tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands according to the National Hurricane…

John McCarthy June 18, 2023

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NHC Monitors Invest 92L

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Invest 92L, which could eventually become the second named system of the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters have been watching a disturbance,…

John McCarthy June 17, 2023

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NWS Monitoring Tropical System Expected To Bring Rain To The USVI Next Week

MIAMI — A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa later today and early Friday, the National Weather Service said. Environmental conditions are expected to…

John McCarthy June 15, 2023

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NOAA Predicts A Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season With ‘A Lot of Uncertainty’

MIAMI — NOAA is predicting this year's hurricane season to be "near normal" with at least 12 named storms. Lead NOAA hurricane forecaster, Matthew Rosencrans said that anyone living in…

John McCarthy May 25, 2023

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Tame 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Hangs On Developing El Nino

MIAMI (Reuters) — A slightly below-average 2023 Atlantic hurricane season lies ahead with an El Nino weather phenomenon damping the storm outlook, a top hurricane forecaster said. El Nino, a…

John McCarthy April 18, 2023

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Expect A ‘Quieter’ Hurricane Season This Year, CSU Forecast Says

FORT COLLINS — The likely development of El Niño should bring a "slightly below-average" Atlantic hurricane season, top forecasters announced Thursday at a hurricane conference in Texas. But the forecast also notes a high…

John McCarthy April 14, 2023

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Arizona University Predicts One Less Named Storm This Season – 12 – Down From 13

MIAMI — A little more than three years ago, as sports bar TVs were split between coronavirus infection tallies and the XFL, a more subtle but no less extreme scourge was…

John McCarthy April 9, 2023