Tag: National Weather Service (NWS)

HURRICANE SEASON 2021: Improperly Installed Generators Killed More People Than The Storms Themselves

MIAMI — The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins today. But with the news that people in the active hurricane belt should be on guard against the storms from June to November — came the grim warning that improperly installed generators kill more people in the aftermath of the deadly cyclones than the actual storms themselves. […]

Monster March Hurricane Slammed Puerto Rico Over 100 Years Ago

SAN JUAN — A tropical storm formed just over 500 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on March 6, 1908.  This oddball storm tracked south-southwest, intensifying to a Category 2 strength as it tracked near the northern Leeward Islands of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Kitts and Nevis. “We of the islands in and around the northeastern corner of the […]

Tropical Wave Expected To Bring ‘Heavy Rains, Flash Flooding’ To The USVI And Puerto Rico: NHC

MIAMI — As Eta makes its way past Tampa Bay and Theta moves away from the United States, forecasters are keeping an eye on a tropical wave as the record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season continues. According to the National Hurricane Center, the tropical wave has a 90 percent chance of forming within the next three days, as of […]

Cooler Ocean Temperatures Expected To Smack Down Latest Tropical Disturbance

MIAMI — A gentle reminder that the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season is not over yet. In fact, it runs all the way until November 30th! Forecasters are starting to watch yet another disturbance for possible formation in the Caribbean Sea. Yes, it could be named eventually, but right now, no local threats are projected across […]

Subtropical Storm Theta Forms, Breaking Record For Most Named Storms In A Season

MIAMI — The Atlantic Basin hurricane season is now in uncharted territory. Subtropical Storm Theta formed Monday night in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, breaking the record for most named storms in a single season. While Theta is no threat to land, it marks a milestone. This is storm number 29 for 2020, […]

Eta Is Now A ‘Major Hurricane’ As It Barrels Towards Nicaragua, Honduras: NHC

MANAGUA — Eta, the slow-churning storm barreling towards the eastern coast of Central America, was upgraded to “a major hurricane” today, the National Hurricane Center said. It is now a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour, according to the NHC’s 4 p.m. ET advisory, which adds the storm could produce […]

Not Done Yet: NHC Predicts New Tropical Depression In Caribbean

MIAMI — A tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression as November begins, according to the National Hurricane Center. It’s called Invest 96L and it has a 70 percent chance of forming in the next two days or so and an 80 percent chance five days out, […]

Tropical Storm Zeta Stalls In The Caribbean, As Hurricane Epsilon Passes Eastern U.S.

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Zeta stalled today in the western Caribbean, but forecasters said it posed the risk of a rain-heavy hurricane for Mexico’s resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and the United States Gulf coast. In a historic hurricane season, Zeta is the earliest ever named 27th Atlantic storm. The previous earliest formed on 29 November 2005, said […]

Forecasters Are Tracking New Tropical Wave In The Caribbean

MIAMI — A new tropical wave has developed in the Caribbean Sea and has a 20 percent chance of development into a tropical cyclone over the next five days. This disturbance is forecast to drift over Cuba in the coming days and then move just south of Florida. Even if the system does not develop […]

Forecasters Tracking 2 Disturbances In Caribbean And Atlantic, Including Tropical Storm Epsilon

MIAMI — Forecasters say a disturbance in the Caribbean has a 10 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression within five days. As of 7 a.m. today, the disturbance — a trough of low pressure — extended from the northwestern Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan peninsula into the southwest Caribbean Sea. It’s expected to […]