National Hurricane Center Predicts Growth chance that a tropical depression or storm could form in Atlantic and potentially threaten Florida this week.
As of NHC forecast at 8 am in the tropics, forecasters said a big system development north of Puerto Rico has a high chance of becomes subtropical or tropical depression when it turns west or west-southwest over mid-southwest Atlantic of This week.
Chances for formation has been increased to 70% on Sunday for it form in in next 48 hours and 90% chance of development in in next five days.
East Coast of Florida should and the Bahamas should to control progress of storm, the NHC said. In spite of of development risk of coastal flooding, hurricane force winds, heavy rains, surf storm and beach erosion.
” system it is initially expected to be very broad and disorganized,” forecasters said. “However, it could begin to acquire subtropical or tropical characteristics at the beginning of the period of next week, and a subtropical or tropical depression may form during the early to mid- of next week until system moves usually from west to west-northwest over Southwest Atlantic”.
Forecasters say that “an increase risk” of coastal flooding, hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall along Florida’s east coast.
system Heavy rainfall is forecast for the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this weekend.
If it grows in strength, he could become Tropical Storm Nicole.
NHC also monitoring of weak non-tropical area of a place of low pressure several hundred miles to the east of Bermuda with 70% chance form in in next pair of days in the named system in Atlantic Ocean.
system projected to turn northeast and merge with strong cold front in the middle of This week.
The week saw the formation of sixth and seventh hurricanes of the season with Hurricane Lisa makes landfall in Belize on Thursday morning and Hurricane Martin turned extratropical. in in north Atlantic by Thursday evening.
Atlantic hurricane season runs to 30 November. 14 named season systems via Martin now met NOAA forecast for 2022.
NOAA is forecasting an above-average season. with 14 to 21 named tropical storms. This follows the 2020s record 30 named systems and 21 named storms in 2021.
