A low-pressure area that is expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean sea over the next day has a 40 percent chance of becoming a hurricane over the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said today. “Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form […]
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There’s A Disturbance In The Atlantic; And One Could Form In The Caribbean: NHC
MIAMI — Forecasters are monitoring a disturbance today that could see some development later in the week as it moves across the Atlantic. They also expect another disturbance to form over the western Caribbean Sea in the next few days. The Atlantic disturbance, described as a broad area of low pressure, carried disorganized showers over […]
Tropical Storm Grace Forms, Expected To Reach The Lesser Antilles Tonight: NWS
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Grace formed this morning with a forecast that threatens the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by the end of the weekend. The tropical wave grew into the 2021 hurricane season’s seventh named storm, and as of the National Hurricane Center’s 8 a.m. advisory is located about 335 miles east […]
NHC Says ‘Potential Tropical Cyclone Seven’ Could Be Called Grace Tomorrow
SAN JUAN — Potential Tropical Cyclone Seven is expected to become the seventh named storm of the year by tomorrow, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. update today. If the disturbance develops it will get the name Grace. The tropical wave is 840 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and has a […]
NHC Projects Invest 95L Could Morph Into Hurricane Grace As Early As Sunday
MIAMI — Invest 95-L, the low-pressure system moving across the Atlantic towards the Caribbean, could develop into a tropical cyclone by this weekend, the National Weather Service said this morning. And a tropical wave could be in the U.S. Virgin Islands by tomorrow, according to the NWS. “A tropical wave is expected for Saturday,” the […]
USVI Has One Eye On Invest 95L, Hoping It Won’t Blossom Into Hurricane Grace
MIAMI — After a quiet July in the tropics, things are starting to become more active. The latest tropical wave is now bearing down on the Caribbean and is expected to move to the Florida Keys as a tropical storm.. Fred is the sixth named storm for the Atlantic Hurricane season. The Florida Keys have […]
NHC Monitoring Tropical Wave Invest 95L 1,400 Miles East Of The Lesser Antilles
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is currently monitoring a tropical wave (Invest 95L) across the tropical Atlantic, located about 1,400 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. The formation chance through 48 hours is low, but there is a moderate (60 percent) formation chance through 5 days within the area shaded in orange in […]
Tropical Storm Warnings Issued For U.S. Virgin Islands And Puerto Rico: NHC
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are bracing today for the storm that could be “Fred.” The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the USVI and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected the potential cyclone to strengthen Tuesday into the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. “The most […]
Tropical Storm Fred Likely To Make An Appearance In The Caribbean Today
MIAMI — A disturbance in the Caribbean is expected to become Tropical Storm Fred today and bring needed rain to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, currently named Potential Tropical Cyclone Six, moved through the southern Leeward Islands overnight and was located about 270 miles east-southeast of Ponce, Puerto Rico, as of 8 a.m. ET, according to […]
Tropical Storm Watches Issued For USVI And Puerto Rico … Because Of ‘Fred’
MIAMI — Tropical storm watches were issued for various Caribbean islands this evening for what soon could become the sixth named tropical storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Watches were in effect for Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic, according to a 5 p.m. advisory from the […]