Jim Cantore eyes 4 Atlantic disturbances. One of them ‘may be a little close to home.’
It’s common knowledge that when Jim Cantore is in your city or town, a hurricane is coming and it’s time to get out or take cover.
The Weather Channel meteorologist is almost always sent to places that will have the worst impacts from tropical systems. He famously rode out Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi, and still visits the Coast from time to time (even when a hurricane isn’t brewing in the Gulf of Mexico).
Now, Cantore has entered the chat as the National Hurricane Center watches four weather disturbances in the Atlantic Basin.
“Interesting latter part of August coming up” as hurricane season heats up, Cantore tweeted Friday morning.
Jim Cantore has his eyes one system in particular
The system of most interest to Cantore now is Disturbance 3 — which is forecast to develop slowly over the weekend and early next week as it moves across the Lesser Antilles.
Once the system gets through the Greater Antilles and into the Caribbean, Cantore said “steering is up in the air at that point and it may be a little close to home.”
Cantore also added the paths of Disturbances 1 and 2 — both in the Atlantic — are uncertain for now.
System to enter the Gulf of Mexico
The disturbance many Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas residents are most concerned about is expected to move over South Florida during the weekend and make its way into the Western Gulf.
There’s a low chance of development into a low pressure system over the next week, and its track is uncertain.
Keep up with the latest updates from the tropics at hurricanes.gov.
This story was originally published August 18, 2023 at 9:41 AM.
