BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2022 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — There’s nothing of concern Sunday evening, but the National Hurricane Center is watching several weather items in the tropics as another week of hurricane season activity gets underway.
From the National Hurricane Center at 5 p.m:
Tropical Weather Discussion for North America, Central America Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, northern sections of South America, and Atlantic Ocean to the African coast from the Equator to 31N. The following information is based on satellite imagery, weather observations, radar and meteorological analysis.
Based on 1200 UTC surface analysis and satellite imagery through 1550 UTC.
… TROPICAL WAVES…
A central Atlantic tropical wave axis is near 39W from 19N southward, moving W at 15-20 kt. Scattered moderate convection is seen within 330 nm either side of the wave axis from 06N to 13N.
An eastern Caribbean tropical wave has its axis along 63W S of 17N, moving W at 15-20 kt. Scattered moderate convection is noted within 60 nm W of the wave axis from 10N-15N, and within 300 nm E of the wave axis from 09N-13.5N, including in the vicinity of Trinidad and the southern Windward Islands.
A central Caribbean tropical wave axis is near 76W south of 19N, moving W at 20 kt. Isolated moderate convection is noted from 15.5N-17N between 72W-76.5W. Additional showers are noted from 08N- 12N between 75W-79W, where the wave intersects the east Pacific monsoon trough.
A western Caribbean tropical wave axis is near 84W from 19N southward to the coast of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and into the east Pacific, and is moving W at 15 kt. Isolated moderate convection is noted within 150 nm E of the wave axis from 17N-20N. Scattered moderate convection is south of 11N and west of 80.5W, just offshore western Panama and Costa Rica.
