Development Chance Now 40 Percent, Expect Wet Weekend
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The tropical system churning in the Wester Caribbean is expected to track near — and possibly quite near — South Florida over the next few days. While it is not a named storm at this point, there is a 30 percent chance of it developing over the next 48 hours, and a 40 percent chance of it developing over the next five days. Note that the orange area above represents where the system may become an official named storm, not necessarily a path of travel.
Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Center as of early Friday morning. For the latest report, please visit here.
Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM EDT Fri Oct 23 2020 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Epsilon, located over the west-central Atlantic about 200 miles east of Bermuda. 1. A broad trough of low pressure, located over the western Caribbean Sea, is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms mainly east of the trough. Surface observations, satellite-derived surface wind data, and radar data indicate that a low pressure system has developed along the trough axis just south of Grand Cayman Island. Some gradual development of the low is possible during the next few days while it moves northwestward to northward across western or central Cuba on Saturday, then turning northward to northeastward across the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, Straits of Florida, and the central Bahamas on Sunday. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall will be possible over portions of the Cayman Islands, Cuba, South Florida, and the Bahamas through early next week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent
