BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The first “yellow x” of the season is on the National Hurricane Center map. While it’s unlikely to become much of anything for South Florida, it’s notable that we’re only in the third week of may and Hurricane Season doesn’t start until June 1st. For the first time, however, the National Hurricane Center is now issuing daily updates as of May 15th. The updates previously didn’t commence until June 1st.
This is the forecast as of late Sunday afternoon on May 21st, 2023.
Southwestern Tropical Atlantic: A broad low is producing a large area of disturbed weather extending a couple hundred miles northeast of the Bahamas. Environmental conditions are expected to become less favorable later today and development of this system is not expected as it moves generally north-northeastward over the southwestern Atlantic at 5 to 10 mph during the next couple of days. * Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days…low…10 percent.
The Hurricane Center last week made news when it announced the first subtropical storm of the season actually formed back in January, 300 miles north of Bermuda. It also never developed but the rare reassessment revealed the atypical January formation.
