Tropical Storm (TS) Maria tracking westward across the central Atlantic, Invest 96L upgraded to TS Nate
Maria was pretty disorganised yesterday morning with little or no banding evident and satellite estimates indicate that this was a 50 mph tropical storm. Maria is racing to the west at a forward speed of 23 mph and this westward…
Storm Deaths Preventable – Use Common Sense
Hurricane Irene was a category one storm when it hit the northeast United States. Yet the storm caused 44 deaths, 43 in the US and 1 in Canada. Emergency personnel categorise many of these deaths as ‘preventable’, reports Emergency Management…
Invest 95L upgraded to Tropical Depression #14 and Invest 96L develops in the Gulf Of Mexico
Invest 95L was upgraded to Tropical Depression #14 Tuesday afternoon. The depression was close to tropical storm strength yesterday and I suspect we will see it upgraded to Tropical Storm Maria very soon. The forecasts that I have seen all…
Invest 95L in the eastern Atlantic heads to the west-northwest
We are still keeping an eye on Invest 95L, in the eastern Atlantic about 600 miles to the southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Rob Lightbown wrote “Environmental conditions are favourable enough for slow development during the rest of this…
Tropical Disturbance In The Eastern Atlantic Designated Invest 95L Needs To Be Monitored
Rob Lightbown wrote that he is keeping close tabs on a tropical wave, now designated Invest 95L by the National Hurricane Center, that is located in the eastern Atlantic about 500 miles to the southwest of the Cape Verde Islands….
Tropical Depression #13 will meander around for a few days bringing excessively heavy rainfall to the northern Gulf Coast; Tropical Storm Katia may threaten the US east coast as a hurricane next week
Rob Lightbown wrote that Tropical Depression 13 was fairly elongated on Friday (2) morning with poorly organised thunderstorm activity. The depression was experiencing some shear on its west side, however, environmental conditions will become more favourable this weekend and he…
Hurricane Katia poses no threat to land for the next few days but keep an eye on Invest 93L
The unsettled weather that brought us thunderstorms and heavy rain over the last few days has finally moved away from us. Rob Lightbown on his Crown Weather website says: “My thinking is that 93L will meander around just off of…
T.S. Katia Tracking West-Northwestward. Tropical Development In The Gulf of Mexico Looking Likely
As we forecast yesterday (30) T.D. 12 is now Tropical Storm Katia that is expected to develop into a hurricane at any moment and a major storm by the weekend. Although the forecast track takes it north of us it…
Goodnight Irene, Good morning Katia?
Now Hurricane Irene has done her damage along the east coast of the United States and is blowing herself out we don’t have much time to catch our breath before worrying about another storm. Tropical Depression #12 has developed to…
Hurricane stops play
By: Kevin Creary The ICC Americas Under 15 Central Division Championship Tour, held in Nassau Bahamas, which was the stomping ground for the Cayman Islands cricket team, has abruptly been stopped. After two wins, the Islands team was forced to…
