UPDATE: “CONDUCIVE FOR GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT.”
Still Far East Of Florida, But Tropical Wave Is Slowly On The Move…
BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com
UPDATED: 7:37 p.m. Monday, August 8, 2022
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2022 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The National Hurricane Center Monday morning afternoon to monitor a tropical wave far east of Florida. The wave developed over the weekend and continues to move in a northwesterly direction.
While there is absolutely no reason to panic at this point, it serves as a reminder that it’s never too soon to have a hurricane plan in place. Forecasters, just days ago, reaffirmed that this will be an “above average” hurricane season, with 14-20 named storms, 6-10 of those storms becoming hurricanes, and 3 to 5 of those storms becoming major hurricanes.
For now, the system being monitored is just a tropical wave, but the Monday morning forecast suggests it could become a tropical depression later in the week. The next name to be used is Danielle.
OFFICIAL NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022
For the North Atlantic… Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
- Eastern Tropical Atlantic: A tropical wave continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the eastern tropical Atlantic a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Gradual development of this system is possible and a tropical depression could form by the middle or latter portion of the week before environmental conditions become less favorable by this weekend. This system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic during the next several days.
- Formation chance through 48 hours…low…20 percent.
- Formation chance through 5 days…medium…40 percent.
