Hurricane Ida has strengthened into a Category 4 as it heads toward landfall on the northern Gulf Coast today, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding and potentially catastrophic winds. Ida had winds of 150 mph as of 6 a.m. CDT on Sunday, making it a strong Category 4 hurricane. Maximum sustained […]
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NHC Tracking 3 Systems In Atlantic; Tropical Depression 10 Forms Today
MIAMI — Tropical Depression 10 formed in the Atlantic early this morning. It’s expected to become a tropical storm later today. This would be our 10th named storm. The storm is expected to move into a less-favorable environment tomorrow as it turns northward. Disturbance 2: In the north Atlantic east of Bermuda An elongated area […]
Louisiana, New Orleans Face Category 4 Hurricane In The Form Of Ida
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it draws closer to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding, potentially catastrophic winds and tornadoes. Ida is currently centered 440 miles southeast of New Orleans and is tracking northwest at […]
Tropical Storm Ida A Hurricane Menace To New Orleans
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ida prompted a hurricane watch for New Orleans and an emergency declaration for the state of Louisiana as it pushed across the Caribbean toward an anticipated strike on Cuba today. Ida could be near major hurricane strength by the time it reaches the northern Gulf Coast, which forecasters predict may happen […]
Tropical Depression Nine Could Become A Major Hurricane In The Caribbean
MIAMI — Tropical Depression Nine formed this morning in the Caribbean and could become a major hurricane by the time it reaches the northern U.S. Gulf Coast over the next several days. The National Weather service in Miami said today that both the Cuban and Cayman governments have issued tropical storm warnings after the formation […]
Tropical Depression To Form In Caribbean; West U.S. Gulf Coast, Mexico Should Watch
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 […]
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 […]
U.S. Virgin Islands Braces For Impact Of Tropical Storm Grace Tomorrow
SAN JUAN — Tropical Storm Grace formed to the east of the Leeward Islands this morning and continues to move west towards the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Grace has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is moving west. Impacts to the Leeward Islands will begin as early as tonight and into Sunday […]
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 […]