Tropical Storm Jerry is near the islands of the northeastern Caribbean and is bringing downpours, gusty winds, and rough seas. Jerry will pull northward this weekend before potentially impacting the Azores next week.

Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings remain in effect for portions of the Leeward Islands as a struggling Tropical Storm Jerry continues to spin across the Atlantic but remains on track to strengthen into a hurricane in the coming days.

Michael Lowry, a Miami-based hurricane specialist, said La Niña tends to bring its greatest impacts to the western half of the Atlantic, including the Gulf and Caribbean Sea. He said those regions are already seeing the lessened wind shear and other conditions characteristic of La Niña.

Jerry is no longer predicted to become a hurricane, the Hurricane Center said. Current models show Jerry taking a path similar to other hurricanes this year, moving north and then taking a sharp turn to the east and staying away from Florida and the U.S. East Coast.

We are going to be dealing with a coastal storm this weekend, but the entire weekend won’t be a washout. Let’s talk about it… Today we will still have some decent weather. It

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — La Nina, the cooler and at times costlier flip side of El Nino, has arrived to warp weather worldwide, meteorologists said Thursday. This natural weather phenomenon often turbocharges the Atlantic hurricane season, but this La Nina may be too weak and fleeting to cause much trouble.

Subtropical storms are a fairly rare type of storm with characteristics of two different kinds of storms: tropical cyclones and extratropical lows. But they can still pose threats.

Whenever thunderstorms are in the forecast, meteorologists are always looking to see if there will be any wind shear present, and if so, just how much. Wind shear is the measurement of the difference in wind direction and speed over a short distance in the ...