11.   Scattered thunder will also blossom near the Texas coast, as a tropical wave moves ashore.

12.   Stormy seas, stirred by a tropical wave approaching the area, were keeping most of the homemade rafts on shore Thursday.

13.   The combination of an upper level disturbance and a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico will bring thickening clouds and some thundershowers from Louisiana to southwest Missouri.

14.   The exodus abated this weekend as a tropical wave, the mildest form of a low-pressure system that sometimes turns into a tropical storm, passed through the straits.

15.   This week, the westerlies began blowing again, disrupting the tropical waves and dashing hopes Gonzo soon would get a rendezvous with a big storm.

16.   Two tropical storms had formed in the Atlantic, with tropical waves hopscotching east across Mexico and reforming in the Gulf.

17.   Outlook for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands waters Wednesday night through Saturday ... Widespread showers and thunderstorms expected Wednesday night through Thursday behind exiting tropical wave.

18.   - A rainstorm ushered in by a tropical wave triggered flooding Friday and disrupted telephone and water service to thousands of islanders.

19.   A large cloud mass associated with this tropical wave extends to the south of Puerto Rico and is moving toward the west-northwest.

20.   A frontal system over the western Atlantic will continue to push the tropical wave north and northeast during this afternoon giving our islands a rapid improving weather.