BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — There is another system developing behind Tropical Depression Fred. The system, shown in red above, is also heading in the general direction of Florida.
We remind our readers that the oval, for now, shows where a storm may form, not necessarily a direction of travel.
From the National Hurricane Center Thursday afternoon:
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Depression Fred, located about 105 miles west of Great Inagua,
Bahamas.
- Satellite-derived wind data from this morning indicated that a
small area of low pressure has developed along a tropical wave
about 1200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. However, the low
does not quite have a closed circulation, and the associated shower
and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized. Environmental
conditions are expected to become more conducive for additional
development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the
weekend while moving generally westward at about 20 mph across the
tropical Atlantic. This system is expected to reach portions of the
Leeward Islands late Saturday or early Sunday, and interests there
should monitor its progress.
- Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…60 percent.
- Formation chance through 5 days…high…70 percent.
Meantime, Fred continues to be on a track that may bring heavy rain and wind to South Florida starting on Friday. We’ll update Fred’s forecast track after the next NHC forecast.
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