Month: June 2022

The latest updates on Tropical Storm Alex: Monday, 4 p.m. The National Hurricane Center downgraded Tropical Storm Alex to a Post-Tropical cyclone Monday afternoon. Alex’s winds continue to sustain around 60 miles per hour, but will continue to decrease. Monday, 2 p.m. Tropical Storm Alex was continuing to weaken on Monday afternoon as it moved away from Bermuda. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center said the system was moving east-northeast around 29 miles per…

The latest updates on Tropical Storm Alex: Monday, 2 p.m. Tropical Storm Alex was continuing to weaken on Monday afternoon as it moved away from Bermuda. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center said the system was moving east-northeast around 29 miles per hour. That general motion was expected to continue into Tuesday. Alex’s winds have decreased to 60 miles per hour, and the system will likely become an extratropical low later on Monday….

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Alex is now churning off the North Carolina coast causing stronger than normal rip currents, like Atlantic Beach. Yellow flags were out on Monday, warning visitors to watch out for possible rip currents because of the storm. Some beachgoers were happy about the change in conditions. Wes Whitt, is one of the surfers who welcomed the higher than usual waves after the first named storm of the season…

The latest updates on Tropical Storm Alex: Monday, 5 a.m. Tropical Storm Alex will begin weakening as it moves past Bermuda on Monday. Alex, which became the first named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season Sunday in the 2 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, is moving straight into the wide open Atlantic, where it will fall apart in cooler waters, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said. Alex will likely become a low pressure…

By The Associated Press Tropical Storm Alex, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, headed for a close pass by Bermuda on Monday after deluging parts of Florida and causing three deaths in Cuba. Alex strengthened some over the Atlantic after becoming a tropical storm early Sunday when it moved over the Atlantic following its trek across Florida, where it left streets flooded and motorists stranded in some cities Saturday. The U.S. National…

The latest updates on Tropical Storm Alex: Monday, 5 a.m. Tropical Storm Alex will begin weakening as it moves past Bermuda on Monday. Alex, which became the first named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season Sunday in the 2 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, is moving straight into the wide open Atlantic, where it will fall apart in cooler waters, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said. Alex will likely become a low pressure system…

The latest updates on Tropical Storm Alex: Monday, 5 a.m. Tropical Storm Alex will begin weakening as it moves past Bermuda on Monday. Alex, which became the first named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season Sunday in the 2 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, is moving straight into the wide open Atlantic, where it will fall apart in cooler waters, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said. Alex will likely become a low pressure system sometime…

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Alex did not ruin vacation plans along the North Carolina Outer Banks, but the aggressive wind and water kept some people from enjoying the beach. Except a group of friends from Fayetteville. “I love the outer banks it’s great out here,” said Alex Perez. Tropical Strom Alex’s minor impacts to our coast didn’t keep Perez and his two friends from enjoying their senior trip in Nags Head. In…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Alex, the first named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed about 350 miles off the North Carolina coast. Alex does not pose any significant danger to North Carolina. Rain bands from Alex will stay off the coast, however, the region will see an increase in wind gusts, wave swells, rip currents and beach erosion. The National Hurricane Center, clocked Tropical Storm Alex with maximum sustained winds…

Potential Tropical Cyclone One has realized its potential. The cyclone became Tropical Storm Alex with the 2 a.m. Advisory from the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, becoming the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The cyclone formed in the Atlantic this week and was expected to develop into a Tropical Storm eventually. However, conditions in the atmosphere Saturday were no longer favoring a tropical storm, and as the system moved closer toward Florida,…