Tag: Seasons

Tropical Storm Beryl strengthens, forecast to become season’s 1st hurricane

Tropical Storm Beryl gained strength Saturday as the National Hurricane Center forecasts it to become the season’s first hurricane while approaching the Caribbean. As of 8 a.m., the center of Beryl was located 975 miles east-southeast of Barbados with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph heading west at 21 mph. It has tropical-storm-force winds extending […]

Tropical Storm Beryl expected to become season’s first hurricane

Tropical Storm Beryl, which formed late Friday, is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2024 season this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said. As of 11 p.m. Friday, Beryl was 1,110 miles east-southeast of Barbados and moving west at 18 mph. Its maximum sustained winds were 40 mph, and tropical-storm-force winds extended 45 […]

Season’s first heatwave in the forecast for Vermont. What to know.

Vermonters, brace yourselves for a sizzling week. The first heat wave of the year is due to hit Vermont starting at noon on Tuesday, June 18 and lasting until around 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, according to the National Weather Service in Burlington. “The pleasant weekend we experienced will be a distant memory soon […]

Tropical depression or season’s first tropical storm likely to form in southwestern Gulf, while system could emerge near Bahamas

The chances continue to increase that a tropical storm or tropical depression could form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico by midweek, the National Hurricane Center said, while forecasters are watching for a yet-to-emerge disturbance that could develop into an area of low pressure northeast of the central Bahamas and potentially affect the east coast […]