Tag: Atlantic Hurricane Season
Strong winds, high waves as hurricane season ends
(CNS): As an erratic and busy hurricane season closes, the government has issued a marine advisory for the Cayman Islands after weather forecasters called for strong winds reaching gale force, waves up to eleven feet and rough seas over the next few days as a result of a high-pressure system currently over the south-eastern United […]
HMCI urges readiness for risky late storm season
(CNS): Against the backdrop of forecasters calling for a busy second half of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, government has announced a new National Week of Readiness from 18 to 25 September. Led by Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI), the initiative is part of a broader effort to cultivate a culture of preparedness and ensure […]
Region bracing for busy peak storm season
(CNS): Colorado State University hurricane researchers are still predicting a very active Atlantic hurricane season with a total of 23 named storms, down from 25 in their initial forecast. Four have already passed, which means we may see another 19 over the next three or four months. As TS Debby continued to deluge the southeast […]
CSU ups 2024 hurricane prediction to 25 storms
(CNS): As Beryl continued on her strange, record-breaking journey on Tuesday, the hurricane experts at Colorado State University announced that they have slightly increased their forecast “and continue to call for an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season in 2024”. The well-known forecasting team pointed to the very high sea surface temperatures across the development region […]
Experts agree 2024 could be record storm season
(CNS): The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on Sunday and many weather experts agree that this season will not only be busy but is likely to break records as a number of factors converge. In its final pre-season forecast, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center said that, as one of the strongest El Niño events ever […]
CSU predicts ‘extremely active’ hurricane season
(CNS): Scientists from one of the world’s most respected storm forecasting institutions say that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be extremely active, with the expected transition from the current El Niño conditions to La Niña later this year. In their early forecast, Dr Philip Klotzbach, the lead forecaster at Colorado State University, and his […]
Up to a dozen hurricanes in early 2024 storm forecast
(CNS): Two months before the start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters at AccuWeather are predicting that it will be “super-charged” this year and well above the historical average. The weather experts are forecasting a “turbulent year in the tropics” that is likely to exhaust this year’s list of names, with between 20 and […]
Cayman escapes busy storm season unscathed
(CNS): Another record breaking hurricane season in the Atlantic has come to an end and once again the Cayman Islands remained out of the eyes of the many storms that brewed, The season was above-normal with 20 named storms and unusual because this is an El Nino year, a weather phenomena that usually dampens down […]
Forecasters warn of stormy weather ahead
(CNS): As the Atlantic hurricane season enters its peak period, professional weather forecasters are warning that the next three months could produce some very bad weather. NOAA is expected to deliver its mid-season update on Thursday, but over the last week, the UK’s Met Office and meteorologists at Colorado State University have issued warnings that […]
Bret to become hurricane on arrival in Caribbean
(CNS): Tropical Storm Bret, which formed Sunday afternoon in the middle of the Atlantic, is forecast to become a hurricane over the next few days as it rolls towards the Caribbean. Bret is currently about 1,130 miles east of the Southern Windward Islands, moving west at around 17mph, with winds of around 40mph. The US […]
Premier warns of bigger storms due to climate change
(CNS): Climate change is not a distant projection but an ongoing reality that is affecting many aspects of our lives, and as hurricane season opened on Thursday, Premier Wayne Panton urged people to be vigilant and prepared, given the potential for much more intense storms. Scientific projections suggest that strong hurricanes will become more commonplace […]
