Tropical storm reaches Caribbean this weekend? (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Tropical Depression Eleven in the Atlantic.

Tropical Depression Eleven (TD-11) is churning over the Atlantic, eyeing the Caribbean. Container ships will need to steer clear over the next several days.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT; Tropical Depression Eleven

Showers and thunderstorms swirling around a low pressure system in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday afternoon, August 11, intensified as the circulation around the low tightened. This resulted in the tropical wave...

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Flooding could hit near key Northeast trucking markets (with forecast video)

Road closed sign near a bridge.

Parts of the mid-Atlantic flooded by Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4 may re-live a similar situation today.

SONAR Critical Events and radar: Flash flood risk for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020

Thunderstorms have already produced up to two inches of rainfall in portions of the Delmarva Peninsula this morning, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue a flash flood warning.

NWS forecasters are calling for several more rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the mid-Atlantic through tonight....

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Coast Guard assists distressed cargo ship in rough weather

U.S. Coast Guard boat assisting the Island Express cargo ship off the coast of Puerto Rico.

U.S. Coast Guard air and surface rescue crews at Sector San Juan responded and assisted the distressed M/V Island Express Wednesday afternoon, July 29. The ship started taking on water shortly after departing the Port of San Juan, trying to avoid deteriorating weather conditions ahead of an approaching tropical disturbance. That disturbance became Tropical Storm Isaias early this morning.

#BreakingNews @USCG Station San Juan & Air Station Borinquen rescue crews assisted the 412-ft cargo ship,...

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Potential tropical storm heading toward Caribbean ports (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of a tropical wave in the Caribbean approaching the Virgin Islands.

A very large tropical wave has been moving across the Atlantic Ocean over the past few days and will head through the Caribbean the rest of this week.


SONAR Critical Events: Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT; Potential tropical cyclone nine forecast paths

This large area of thunderstorms has not yet become organized into a cyclone with a defined center of circulation. So this is not a tropical depression yet.

The majority of computer models indicate that this cluster of thunderstorms will begin...

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Tropical Storm Hanna to slam Texas this weekend (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Hanna in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Hanna is about to become the fourth tropical cyclone to hit the mainland United States this season.

SONAR Critical Events: Friday, July 24, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT; Tropical Storm Hanna forecast paths

The others were Tropical Storm Bertha in late May, just before the official start of the season on June 1, as well as Tropical Storm Cristobal in early June and Tropical Storm Fay the second week of July.

The system was still a tropical depression Thursday, strengthening to a tropical storm...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-hanna-to-slam-texas-this-weekend-with-forecast-video

Tropical Storm Douglas eyeing Hawaii this weekend (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Douglas in the eastern Pacific.

Tropical Storm Douglas is gaining strength as it moves across the Pacific toward Hawaii, possibly making a direct hit on the main island this weekend.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 7 a.m. EDT; Hurricane Douglas

A few days ago, on July 19, Douglas was not a named storm. It was only a cluster of thunderstorms in the eastern Pacific. However, the storms soon began feeding off of each other, organizing into a tropical depression the next morning, Hawaii Standard Time...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-douglas-eyeing-hawaii-this-weekend-with-forecast-video

Breaking News: Tropical Storm Fay forces closure at Port Elizabeth

View of Port Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Tropical Storm Fay is unleashing flooding rains and gusty winds in the mid-Atlantic, disrupting supply chains.

APM Terminals announced Friday afternoon it is temporarily closing Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, to incoming freight. This is the entire statement sent to FreightWaves:

“Due to the deteriorating weather conditions caused by the approaching “Tropical Storm Fay,” APM Terminals Elizabeth will be closing the INBOUND gate at 2:30PM [EDT], so we can safely process everyone in the yard before the...

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Hurricane season could be worse than experts initially thought

Satellite view of multiple Atlantic cyclones.

The 2020 hurricane season is off to a quick start, with five tropical storms in the books as of Wednesday. Two formed before the official start of the season, which is June 1. All of this early development could be a sign of busy times ahead in the Atlantic basin.

SONAR Critical Events and satellite: Thursday, July 9, 8 a.m. EDT

Right now, sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Gulf of Mexico, western Atlantic, and subtropical Atlantic are warmer than normal, ranging from the lower 80s to the...

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Potential tropical storm soaking parts of the South (with forecast video)

Road closed sign in flooded area.

A stubborn weather system that continues to drench parts of the Southeast could become the next tropical storm later this week.

SONAR Critical Events and radar: Tuesday, July 8, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT; Potential tropical cyclone

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has named the system Invest 98L. “Invest” is short for “investigative area,” which is an area of disturbed weather that the NHC watches for potential tropical cyclone development.

As of this morning 98L was centered to the northwest of...

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