HURRICANE CENTER: System East Of Florida Likely To Become Named Storm

BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — There’s an 80 percent chance as of Thursday afternoon that a system well east of Florida will develop into a named storm. While it appears to be heading on a path towards Texas, forecasters says that a trough could block the system’s westward path and potentially push it in the direction of Florida. It’s too soon to know and far too soon to be concerned.

Here is the Thursday afternoon update from the National Hurricane Center. For the North Atlantic… Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Western Caribbean/Southwestern Gulf of Mexico (AL94): A broad area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea is producing widespread but disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity while it moves west-northwestward at around 15 mph. Some development of this system is possible over the northwestern Caribbean Sea or over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico during the next few days. Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent. Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL95): A tropical wave located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive, and development of this system is anticipated. A tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form this weekend several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands while the system moves westward at 15 to 20 mph. Interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the progress of this system. Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…60 percent. Formation chance through 7 days…high…80 percent.