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El Niño helped steer storms away from US this hurricane season. What about next year?
This year, a record-hot Atlantic Ocean went toe-to-toe with a strong El Niño for which weather phenomena would steer the hurricane season. The winner?
“The record-warm Atlantic came out on top,” said Phillip Klotzbach, a meteorologist and researcher at Colorado State University. “It wasn’t that the El Niño wasn’t there and didn’t ...Read more
Philly can expect about 75 times more snow than it had last winter, forecasters say. El Niño is one factor
PHILADELPHIA -- If Philadelphia's snowless, balmy winter of 2022-23 suited your tastes, the meteorological winter that begins Friday won’t be as palatable, according to those who joust with the chaos of the atmosphere to issue seasonal forecasts.
The consensus that overall temperatures for the Dec. 1-Feb. 29 meteorological season will be ...Read more
How Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking inspired advances in storm navigation
DETROIT — The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald not only inspired an iconic ballad from Canadian crooner Gordon Lightfoot, it also led to the advancement of Great Lakes weather monitoring and forecasting that has helped ships navigate storms ever since.
Forty-eight years ago, the largest freighter in Lake Superior history sank during a ...Read more
El Nino update for California: Meteorologists say this one could be 'historically strong'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Past El Niño years won’t help meteorologists determine what this winter will look like, the National Weather Service said in a Tuesday morning update, because conditions this year are not typical.
An El Niño was declared in May, meaning sea surface temperatures are warmer than normal in the equatorial eastern Pacific....Read more
Odds drop for system southeast of Bermuda to become tropical storm
A non-tropical system located southeast of Bermuda still has the potential to become a subtropical or tropical storm before week’s end, but odds have dropped significantly in the last few days.
The area of low pressure was beginning to develop early Thursday along a front in the central Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center. It...Read more
Atlantic system southeast of Bermuda could become tropical storm by weekend
With just days to go before the official close of hurricane season, a non-tropical system located southeast of Bermuda has the potential to become a subtropical or tropical storm later this week or weekend, forecasters said.
The area of low pressure is forecast to develop along a front in the central Atlantic as soon as Wednesday, then travel ...Read more
Atlantic system southeast of Bermuda could become tropical storm by weekend
With just days to go before the official close of hurricane season, a non-tropical system located southeast of Bermuda has the potential to become a subtropical or tropical storm later this week or weekend, forecasters said.
The area of low pressure is forecast to develop along a front in the central Atlantic as soon as Wednesday, then travel ...Read more
Atlantic system may become tropical storm; system in Caribbean has low odds
With just days to go before the official close of hurricane season, forecasters are monitoring two areas for potential development: a tropical disturbance in the central Caribbean and a nontropical system located southeast of Bermuda. The latter has the potential to become a tropical or subtropical storm, forecasters said Tuesday.
The tropical ...Read more
Atlantic system may become tropical storm; system in Caribbean has low odds
With just days to go before the official close of hurricane season, forecasters are monitoring two areas for potential development: a tropical disturbance in the central Caribbean and a non-tropical system located southeast of Bermuda. The latter has the potential to become a tropical or subtropical storm, forecasters said Tuesday.
The tropical...Read more
President Joe Biden issues disaster declaration for September rains, allowing federal assistance for Chicago south suburbs
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration Monday ordering federal assistance for communities affected by heavy flooding on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18, according to a White House statement.
The announcement comes after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Gov. J.B. Pritzker made similar disaster proclamations Oct. 4 ...Read more
Hurricane center tracks Caribbean, Atlantic systems
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two systems with a low chance of developing into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
One is located in the central Caribbean sea, a small area of low pressure with increased shower and thunderstorm activity.
“However, environmental dry air is still likely to prevent significant ...Read more
More than 2 dozen dead in Haiti, Dominican Republic after heavy rains batter Hispaniola
More than two dozen people are dead on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, after torrential rainfall over three days created severe flooding, downed trees and power lines, and devastated crops.
At least 21 of the deaths occurred in the Dominican Republic where nine people died in the capital of Santo Domingo on...Read more
At least four dead, others missing in disaster-prone Haiti after days of heavy rains
At least four people are dead and two others are missing in Haiti, where heavy rains over three days created severe flooding in the south and northwest regions, and devastated crops as the country continues to battle severe hunger.
Already wrestling with an outbreak of cholera, Haiti’s health sector also fears the spread of the waterborne ...Read more
Hurricane center tracks Caribbean, Atlantic systems
That National Hurricane Center is tracking two systems with a low chance of developing into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
One is located in the central Caribbean sea, a small area of low pressure with increased shower and thunderstorm activity.
“However, environmental dry air is still likely to prevent significant ...Read more
Hurricane center says Caribbean system may stay disorganized
The National Hurricane Center said a system moving through the Caribbean has reduced chances it will grow into a tropical depression or storm.
As of 4 p.m. EST, Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Two was located about 20 miles northeast of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 195 miles west-southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba, moving northeast at 17 mph with ...Read more
No-name storm swamps South Florida with flooding, high winds. Recovery is under way
MIAMI — South Florida awoke Thursday to downed trees, roads closed due to debris and flooding, homes taking on water and massive puddles everywhere. Tens of thousands of homes were without power.
The cause? A no-name storm, one that swept the region over two days and dumped up to 14 inches of rain in some spots, with gusts as high as 75 mph ...Read more
Hurricane center says Caribbean system may stay disorganized
The National Hurricane Center said a system moving through the Caribbean has reduced chances it will grow into a tropical depression or storm.
As of 4 a.m., Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Two was located about 260 miles west-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica moving northeast at 10 mph with sustained winds of 35 mph.
“The disturbance remains ...Read more
System brings 60 mph gusts, flood threat to Florida, NHC says second system to become TS Vince
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center no longer gives a system that brought gale-force winds and flooding to Florida this week a chance to develop into a tropical depression or storm, but chances have grown that another system in the Caribbean will form and the NHC says it will become Tropical Storm Vince.
The Florida system centered ...Read more
South Florida's 'historic' rain swamps Miami-Dade County transit as flooding, debris disrupt routes
MIAMI — Miami-Dade County’s transit system struggled to have a normal morning on Thursday as the overnight deluge in South Florida left the Metromover system disabled, Metrorail trains slowed by debris and buses dodging flooded streets.
“Due to historic rain fall in Miami-Dade County, all modes of transportation including Metrobus, ...Read more
60 mph gusts, flood threat continues in Florida as hurricane center tracks 2 systems
The National Hurricane Center was tracking two systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm including one off the coast of Florida and one in the Caribbean.
The system now centered just offshore from South Florida is an area of low pressure that already has brought a flooding threat to the state with a ...Read more
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