BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The weather system that wasn’t much of anything just a day ago is now given a 40 percent chance of development, according to meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center.
The system could become a Tropical Depression within a few days. The next named storm will be Fred.
This is the mid-afternoon update from the National Hurricane Center:
An area of low pressure located off of the southeastern United
States coastline continues to produce a large region of disorganized
showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear
marginally conducive for additional development and a tropical
depression could form over the next couple of days as the
system meanders over the Gulf Stream, just offshore of the
southeastern United States.
- Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…40 percent.
- Formation chance through 5 days…medium…40 percent.
The National Hurricane Center is also watching these tropical waves:
An Atlantic tropical wave is analyzed along 54W, south of 18N,
moving W near 15 kt. A surface reflection is noted on the
scatterometer satellite pass from 1300 UTC. Scattered moderate
convection is noted within 100 nm east of the wave axis from 06N
to 09N.
A Caribbean tropical wave is analyzed along 68W, south of 22N,
moving W at 15 to 20 kt. No significant convection is associated
with this wave.
Another Caribbean tropical wave is analyzed along 81W, south of
25N, moving W near 15 kt. No significant convection is associated
with this wave.
