Tag: Tropical Outlook
After Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, What Next for Karen?
The broad center of Tropical Storm Karen moved across the eastern Puerto Rico islands of Vieques and Culebra between 5 and 6 pm EDT Tuesday, when the storm had top sustained winds of 45 mph. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Karen brought wind gusts as high as 43 mph to St. Thomas and 37 mph to St. Croix; […]
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We are monitoring the tropics for possible next storm development
The southern Gulf of Mexico may serve as the breeding ground for another tropical storm to form near June 1, the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. On the heels of short-lived Subtropical Storm Andrea, there are indications that another storm may take shape at the end of May or start of June. Instead of […]
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Special Tropical Weather Outlook May 1, 2019
A trough of low pressure located over the northwestern Bahamas is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Little development is expected during the next couple of days as the system moves generally northwestward toward the Florida Peninsula. Subsequently, some slow development is possible as the disturbance turns northeastward and moves over the western Atlantic. Regardless […]
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