A tropical depression has formed in the southwestern Caribbean, prompting storm warnings for the coast of Nicaragua and two Colombian islands. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the 11th tropical depression of the season formed Wednesday morning. It had maximum sustained winds near 35 mph (55 kph) and is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm later in the day or Wednesday night. The depression's center is about 125 miles (200 kilometers) east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua... Read Full Story
Rick, a powerful weather system threatening Mexico's west coast, has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, the US National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. Rick has already caused one death and forced the evacuation of some of Los Cabos' tourist beaches. But the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday morning that Mexico's government had discontinued a hurricane watch and Rick had been downgraded to a tropical storm. On Monday, Mexican authorities said Mexican... Read Full Story
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Patricia edged slowly toward Mexico's Pacific Coast on Monday but U.S. forecasters said the storm would likely veer off to sea on Tuesday and pass west of Baja California peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm's maximum sustained winds were near 60 mph and warned of heavy rains in the southern portions of the peninsula when the storm passes nearest late on Tuesday or early Wednesday. Patricia, the 16th named storm of in... Read Full Story
Tropical Storm Patricia advanced toward Mexico's Baja California Peninsula with landfall possible late Tuesday or early Wednesday, weather forecasters said. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said a tropical storm warning was in effect along the southern area of Baja California from the town of Buena Vista to Agua Blanca, an area that includes the popular Cabo San Lucas tourist resort. At 1200 GMT Tuesday, Patricia was moving northward at about nine kilometers (six miles) per hour... Read Full Story
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TROPICAL STORM IDA ADVISORY NUMBER 23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009
900 AM CST MON NOV 09 2009
…IDA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM…
AT 9 AM CST…1500 UTC…ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS AND WATCHES ALONG
THE GULF COAST HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA
RIVER FLORIDA…INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A
TROPICAL... Read Full Story
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TROPICAL STORM IDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 24A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009
600 PM CST MON NOV 09 2009
…IDA CONTINUES NORTHWARD…SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL OVERNIGHT…
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
EASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER FLORIDA…INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA…INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES... Read Full Story
Tropical Storm Patricia strengthened Monday as it inched closer to the tip of Baja California, prompting Mexico's government to issue a tropical storm watch for the resort-dotted southern part of the peninsula. Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Patricia's center was about 180 miles (290 kilometers) south of the southern tip of Baja California late Monday. Patricia was moving north at about 6 mph (9 kph), with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). Some... Read Full Story
Tropical Storm Patricia was strengthening Monday as it inched closer to the tip of the Baja California Peninsula, prompting the government to issue a tropical storm watch for the resort-dotted southern part of the peninsula. Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said that Patricia's center was located about 265 miles (425 kilometers) south of the southern tip of Baja California Monday morning. Patricia was moving toward the north-northwest at about 8 mph (13 kph) and... Read Full Story
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TROPICAL STORM IDA ADVISORY NUMBER 13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009
1000 AM EST SAT NOV 07 2009
…IDA STRENGTHENING OVER THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA…NEW
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED…
AT 10 AM EST…1500 UTC…THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM TULUM TO CABO
CATOCHE. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH... Read Full Story
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Henri (awn-'REE) is gaining strength in the Atlantic Ocean but it could be short-lived. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday night that the storm was about 510 miles (825 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands. The storm is moving west-northwest about 17 miles per hour (28 kph) and is expected to stay well to the north of the Lesser Antilles. Its maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 kph) with higher gusts. Forecasters say the eighth... Read Full Story
