National Hurricane Center keeping eye on potential tropical cyclone in Caribbean
Hurricane season doesn’t end until November 30 and, on that note, the National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a system in the Caribbean Sea that has potential to develop into a tropical cyclone.
The NHC says a broad area of low pressure is expected to form by the middle of next week in the Caribbean, where late-season tropical storms and hurricanes develop.
“Thereafter, environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system while it drifts slowly, remaining in the Caribbean Sea through the latter part of next week.
However, chances of development into a tropical cyclone — a generic term for a rotating tropical or subtropical system with a closed, low level of circulation — over the next seven days are only 30% NHC says. The NHC issued the weather outlook Friday afternoon.
Hurricane season so far
Since hurricane season started June 1, three major hurricanes have formed. Only one, Hurricane Idalia, has made landfall in the United States. Idalia formed in the Caribbean and came ashore as a Category 3 the morning of Aug. 30 in northwest Florida. Idalia continued as a tropical storm to cause flooding along the southeastern coastline.
Major Hurricane Lee, had weakened to a subtropical storm by the time it churned through the Atlantic and made landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, after dumping torrential rains in New England.
Hurricane Franklin, the first major hurricane of the season, formed in August and lingered in the Atlantic for two weeks, creating no threat for the U.S. Major hurricanes start at Category 3, with winds of 111 mph or higher.
This story was originally published November 10, 2023 at 1:33 PM.
