Development Possible As National Weather Service, Other Forecasts Now Predict “Above Normal” Hurricane Season.
BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com (4:39 a.m. ET) (Updated 8:30 a.m.)
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The quite time may be over as the National Hurricane Center Monday is watching two tropical waves that both have the potential of development. Neither pose an immediate threat to Florida, but both are east of Florida and could develop as they trend west. We note that the ovals above indicate where a system may form, and not necessarily a direction of travel.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa on
Wednesday or early Thursday. Some slow development of this system is
possible late this week or over the weekend while the system moves
gradually west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern
Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic:
Another area of low pressure could develop by the middle to latter
portion of this week over the central tropical Atlantic. Some slow
development of this system is also possible while it moves
west-northwestward through the end of the week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent.
