Posts Tagged ‘Topical Storms’

Tropical low pressure set to become a named tropical cyclone will continued to unload torrential rain across Australia’s Top End for another few days. As of Tuesday morning, EST, meteorological data show that rainfall in and near Darwin, capital of Northern Territory, has been 8 to 16 inches within 24 to 48 hours.

While travelers would trade a rainstorm over a snowstorm, rain spreading over a large part of the eastern U.S. into midweek will lead to some problems. An injection of more humid air already contributed to patchy fog over parts of the East and South Monday morning. A storm tracking northeastward from the Deep South up [...]

The storm currently bringing much-needed rain to the Southeast will charge northward up the East Coast with chilly rain later this week. Meanwhile, cold air will pour southward throughout the East, allowing snowflakes to make an appearance in spots. After the wet weather overspreads the Southeast today and Wednesday, rain will douse the Eastern Seaboard [...]

The 16th named tropical system of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has formed and has strengthened. Tropical Storm Paula is churning in the Caribbean and is slowly drifting northwestward. As of 8 p.m. EDT Monday, Paula was located about 105 miles east of Isla de Guanaja, Honduras, moving to the northwest at 9 mph with [...]

This week, the term Subtropical Storm Otto will be used a great deal in the media, so what is a subtropical storm anyway? Why not just call it a tropical storm? There are meteorological differences between a tropical and subtropical storm. However, both can threaten lives and property in the same way. The major difference [...]

The remnants of Tropical Rainstorm Hermine will bring a risk of isolated flash flooding to portions of Tennessee and Kentucky, and beneficial rainfall to others. While Hermine was much weaker and smaller Friday compared to the start of the week, it will bring torrential downpours of an isolated nature. People should be prepared for sudden [...]

An area of low pressure in the eastern Atlantic will bring the tropics back to life within the next day or two by developing into a tropical depression. The area of low pressure being closely monitored by the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center is churning in the eastern Atlantic, about 950 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde [...]

NASSAU, Bahamas – A rainstorm in the southern Bahamas accelerated into Tropical Storm Bonnie on Thursday while following a course that could take it over the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Rain and lightning raked the low-lying Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas, and forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center [...]

An eruption of dangerous thunderstorms, including some capable of spawning tornadoes, will threaten residents and motorists across the northern Plains this afternoon and tonight. The violent thunderstorms will first ignite over the eastern Dakotas, northwestern Iowa and southern Manitoba this afternoon. Winnipeg, Ontario; Fargo, N.D.; and Sioux Falls, S.D., lie within this zone. The thunderstorms [...]

The Eastern Pacific Basin has gotten a jump on the Atlantic Basin for 2010 as the second tropical depression of the season formed Wednesday morning near the southern coast of Mexico. While this system will become a tropical storm and could even reach hurricane strength over the next few days, its main threats will be [...]