Tag: National Hurricane Center
CAL adds evacuation flight as Milton heads to Florida
(CNS): As Hurricane Milton heads towards the west coast of the Florida Peninsular, with landfall expected to begin Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, Cayman Airways has added an evacuation flight this evening, Monday 7 October, to assist the Cayman Islands Government with evacuating Caymanian students studying in Tampa and Cayman residents visiting Tampa who […]
More roads closed due to flooding as rain persists
(CNS) UPDATED 12:45pm: The RCIPS says that due to major flooding, a number of roads were closed at 11am today, Wednesday. They are Halifax Road, Huldah Avenue, Dorcy Drive, Bronze Road, Webb Road, Oak Mill Street and Seafarers Way (in the vicinity of Burger King Waterfront). In addition, small vehicles are currently prohibited on Hope […]
Cayman placed under storm warning as TC9 nears
(CNS) UPDATED: As of 7:00pm Monday, Grand Cayman has been placed under a Tropical Storm Warning. Storm-force winds are expected within the next 36 hours as the weather system, potential TC9, continues to move north. The brewing storm is currently 98 miles from Grand Cayman and 199 miles from the Sister Islands, with 35mph winds […]
Cayman braces for heavy rains and flooding
(CNS): The Cayman Islands is bracing itself for the potential onslaught of a tropical storm over the coming days as a weather system very close to our area is becoming more organised and likely to intensify as it passes between now and Wednesday. It is then expected to become a hurricane as it heads through […]
Potential storm rolling across Atlantic
(CNS): Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located about 850 miles east of the Windward Islands continue to show signs of organisation, the National Hurricane Center in Miami has said. While forecasters are not clear if the system has a well-defined surface circulation yet, conditions suggest a tropical depression is […]
Hurricane Lee churns up to category 4
(CNS): Hurricane Lee had intensified to a category 4 hurricane by 4:00pm local time Thursday, according to the US National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds have rapidly increased to near 130mph with higher gusts, and more strengthening is expected tonight. Fluctuations in intensity are expected after that, but Lee is forecast to remain a powerful […]
NHC: TD13 to become major hurricane
(CNS): Following the emergence of Tropical Depression Thirteen on Tuesday morning in the central tropical Atlantic, the US National Hurricane Center is already warning that this weather system is very likely to become a powerful hurricane by the end of the week. At 11:00am the depression was already blowing at 35mph as it moved west-northwest […]
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 […]
First storm of the season heading south to Cuba
(CNS): The first storm of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season is already setting the stage for what is expected to be a very uncertain year. Tropical Storm Arlene emerged around lunchtime Friday, some 265 miles west of Fort Myers, Florida. With sustained winds of 40mph, the National Hurricane Center said Arlene was moving south towards […]
El Niño may quieten 2023 storm season
(CNS): Current neutral El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions look fairly likely to transition to El Niño during the summer or autumn, reducing the likelihood of a busy Atlantic Hurricane Season for 2023, according, to storm forecasters. Colorado State University is predicting a quieter than average season with around 13 named storms, of which six are […]
Storm watch lifted as Lisa tracks away from Cayman
(CNS): Government has discontinued the storm watch for the Cayman Islands after Tropical Storm Lisa tracked away from our area following a southerly shift Monday morning. According to the latest bulletin from the US National Hurricane Center, Lisa was 365mph south of Grand Cayman at around 10am, heading west at 14mph.
