Forecasters are tracking two disturbances with low chance of strengthening anytime soon
By Devoun Cetoute ,
Michelle Marchante and
Alex Harris
The Atlantic is busy again.
A low-pressure system forecasters were monitoring dissolved Thursday afternoon, but the National Hurricane Center is predicting that two other systems will form by early next week. Both disturbances are forecast to have a low chance of formation anytime soon.
The first disturbance, described as a non-tropical low pressure system, is to forming about 600 miles east-southeast of Bermuda, according to the 8 p.m. NHC’s advisory.
It could see some slow development through the middle of next week while the system moves slowly voer the central Atlantic well to the southeast of Bermuda.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two disturbances this week -- one in the Atlantic and one in the Caribbean. NHC
It has a 10% chance of forming in the next 48 hours and a 30% chance of forming in the next five days.
Forecasters said the second disturbance, a broad area of low pressure, could form by early next week over the southwestern Caribbean Sea.
“Some gradual development of the system will be possible through the middle of next week while it remains nearly stationary over the southwestern Caribbean Sea,” forecasters said.
The system also has a near 0% chance of forming into a tropical cyclone in the next two days and a 20% chance of forming in the next five days.
This story was originally published October 14, 2020 at 9:10 PM.
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
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