By Leah Burdick
NEW UPDATES…..
TAMPA, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking two disturbances in the Atlantic ocean.
According to Fox News, both disturbances have a low chance of development over the next several days.
Both are located in the Atlantic.
One is located in the Central Tropical and the other is located in the Western area.
The disturbance located in the Western area is a few hundred miles southeast of the Bermuda. It has a 10% chance of further development.
The other disturbance, located in the central area, is by Africa. This has a 20% chance of further development.
If the central tropical Atlantic disturbance does form, is projected to move towards the Caribbean and possibly Florida.
It is currently moving west at 10-15 mph.
The NHC predicts if the disturbance forms over the next several days it will become a cyclone.
A tropical cyclone has maximum surface winds of 38 mph or less.
News networks and the NHC will continue to track both developments.
As of 8am August 29th, the central tropical Atlantic disturbance is now a 40% chance of development over the next seven days.
A new development off the coast of Texas has appeared as of August 30th.
This system is expected to stay near the coast through next week with slow development. There is a 20% chance of formation over the next several days.
This just in, there are now five disturbances being tracked in the Atlantic.
All five have low percentage for development, but the one off the coast of Texas is causing heavy rain for that state and Louisiana.
Will continue to track these new formation.
The Gulf of Mexico has a high activity storm forming.
The system is off of Mexico and is forecasted to become a tropical storm Monday.
The storms predicted path does not show Florida in its track.
This does not mean the coast won’t have an impact as it gets closer to Louisiana.
The Central Tropical cyclone in the Atlantic has now reached a 60% chance of becoming a cyclone.
The disturbance appears to be moving west later this week.
For more updates refer back to this article
Last updated at 11 a.m. on Septemeber 5, 2024.