BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A new system is forming in the Atlantic and it is expected to reach tropical cyclone strength within days. It’s still too early to know whether it will be a factor for Florida — early modeling is iffy at best and suggests a turn before approaching the U.S. mainland.
Here is the Tuesday afternoon update from the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Tue Sep 26 2023
For the North Atlantic… Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Philippe, located over the central tropical Atlantic.
- Central Tropical Atlantic (AL91): Showers and thunderstorms continue to show signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is expected to form in the next day or two while the system moves west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours…high…80 percent.
- Formation chance through 7 days…high…90 percent.
