System forecast to douse Nicaragua, Honduras. Will it turn into a tropical depression?
A disturbance in the southwestern Caribbean Sea could turn into a tropical depression later this week, forecasters said.
The system was producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the southwestern Caribbean Sea as of the 8 a.m. Tuesday update, according to the National Hurricane Center. It had a 20% chance of formation through the next 48 hours and a 40% chance of formation through the next five days.
“Gradual development of this system is possible while it drifts northwestward near the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras, and it could become a tropical depression late this week if the disturbance remains over water,” the hurricane center wrote in an advisory at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Forecasters said that regardless of development, the system will likely dump heavy rain on portions of eastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras. A disturbance in the Pacific is also expected to bring heavy rain across portions of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico during the next several days.
The official start of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was June 1. The first named storm of the season was Tropical Storm Alex, which formed in the Atlantic on June 5. Before turning into Alex, the system doused South Florida with heavy rain when it was a disturbance.
This story was originally published June 13, 2022 at 6:47 AM.
