Tag: National Weather Service (NWS)

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 […]

AND THEN THERE WERE 2: Hurricane Center Says Fred Could Be On Us By Tomorrow

MIAMI — Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are warning they may be making a last-minute call on a storm system quickly approaching the Virgin Islands. “Tropical storm watches or warnings could be required with shorter-than-normal lead times for the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico,” the NHC warned in its 8 p.m. advisory […]

Trio of Storms In Contention To Be First Tropical Depression Since July 1: NHC

MIAMI — A cluster of storm clouds approaching the Caribbean Sea stands a 30 percent chance of forming a tropical depression, a slight increase in its chances from yesterday, according to the 8 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center. It is forecast to move west-northwest across the eastern Caribbean Sea starting Tuesday and into […]

‘Drop Dead Fred’ Might Dump Much Needed Rain On USVI Come Tuesday

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three disturbances in the tropical Atlantic this morning. For the moment, 92L (#3 on graphic) which would be called “Fred,” is expected to bring rain activity to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico during a Tuesday-Wednesday timeframe, the National Weather Service said today. 1. A broad […]

If Tropical Wave Develops Into A System It Will Be Called ‘Fred’: NHC

MIAMI — A tropical wave in the Atlantic basin is forecast to become a tropical depression over the weekend or by early next week, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Closer to the U.S., another system is showing a low chance for development. The next two names on the 2021 list for the Atlantic hurricane […]