Tag: Weather

While it’s still to early to predict what, if any, impact Hurricane Beryl will have on the Rio Grande Valley, the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV is urging residents to prepare for the worst now instead of procrastinating.

Tropical Storm Alberto, which last month ushered in beneficial rainfall for the Rio Grande Valley, could be just the first of several tropical cyclones to affect the lower Texas coast this Atlantic hurricane season, according to the latest seasonal outlook from the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV station, released June 28.

The days between June 18-24 served as a welcome break from the hot, humid, boring weather that made itself at home in the Rio Grande Valley with a vengeance barely a week into May.

Cameron County beach access points and Boca Chica Beach have opened following closures due to Tropical Storm Alberto.

As the remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto dissipated deep in the interior of Mexico on Thursday, officials in Hidalgo and Cameron counties declared local states of disaster.

With Tropical Storm Alberto receding in the rear view mirror as far as the Rio Grande Valley is concerned, meteorologists with the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV station expressed growing confidence Thursday that a second tropical disturbance in the Bay of Campeche will also become a tropical cyclone.

The National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station issued a tornado watch for the Valley on Wednesday evening.

The tropical disturbance helping bring much-needed rain to the Rio Grande Valley officially became Tropical Storm Alberto Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said there is a 30% chance for tropical development in the Bay of Campeche over the next seven days.

The National Hurricane Center has classified the disturbance in the Bay of Campeche bringing much-needed rain to the Valley as Tropical Storm Alberto — the first of the year.