Forecasters eye tropical systems in the Atlantic
Now that Hurricane Dorian has passed, forecasters are keeping watch on a few other tropical disturbances in the Atlantic.
The only named storm in action is Tropical Storm Gabrielle, which is about 1,200 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Fortunately, “Gabrielle is no threat to any land areas and should transition into a non-tropical low-pressure system by Tuesday,” according to the Weather Channel.
Two other tropical waves are spinning in the Atlantic. The first is a few hundred miles north of Puerto Rico. “Little to no development of this system is expected during the next day or two while the system moves west-northwestward, north of the Greater Antilles,” the National Hurricane Center said.
By late this week, some slow development of this system is possible as it moves near the southeastern Bahamas and Florida, the Weather Channel said. “Environmental conditions could become a little more conducive for development,” the hurricane center said.
The system is likely to move into the northern Gulf by the weekend, AccuWeather’s Adam Douty said.
This system could bring more unwelcome rain to the Bahamas and Florida.
The final system is a tropical wave far out in the central Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between the Cabo Verde Islands and the eastern Caribbean Sea.
That system is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the Atlantic. “Some slow development of this system is possible during the next two or three days before upper-level winds become unfavorable for tropical cyclone formation,” the hurricane center said. “This system is expected to move generally westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean for the next several days.”
If winds in either of these disturbances reach 39 mph, it will become a named tropical storm. The next names on the list for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season are Humberto and Imelda.
Early to mid-September typically is the peak of the hurricane season in much of the Northern Hemisphere, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says.