Hurricane center watching two Atlantic disturbances with a third forming in Caribbean
A few days into the beginning of peak hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic, all with moderate chances of developing this week.
One Atlantic disturbance, described as a broad area of low pressure, carried disorganized showers over the eastern Atlantic several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, according to the center’s 2 p.m. update on Monday.
Forecasters don’t expect it will see much, if any, development until mid-week. Then some gradual development should be possible as it moves northwest at 10 to 15 mph.
The newest disturbance developed in association with an area of low pressure more than 500 miles east-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands. Slow development could happen in the next few days.
Meanwhile, the disturbance forecast to form in the Caribbean Sea near Honduras and Nicaragua later this week should see favorable environmental conditions, according to the hurricane center. That should make the system, also a broad area of low pressure, see some gradual development as it moves west-northwest over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
As of the Monday 2 p.m. update, all three disturbances have a 40% chance of formation through the next five days, an uptick from earlier Monday.
This story was originally published August 23, 2021 at 6:52 AM.
