Now that Hurricane Milton has left, what’s out there in the tropics? Let’s take a look
Now that the National Hurricane Center has stopped tracking Post-Tropical Cyclone Milton, which is no longer a threat, what else is out in the tropics?
A disturbance and a dying tropical storm. And neither is of concern.
Here’s a look:
Tropical Storm Leslie
In the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. advisory on Tropical Storm Leslie, the storm was churning in the middle of the Atlantic with 50-mph winds and moving northeast at 17 mph.
Later Friday, Leslie is expected to turn toward the northeast and east-northeast. The storm is expected to move east-northeast away from the U.S. during the weekend. It is not threatening any land masses.
The storm’s gradual weakening is expected to continue as Leslie becomes a post-tropical cyclone in the next day or so.
Currently, tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles from the center.
Disturbance off Africa
In the 8 p.m. Friday advisory, a low-pressure disturbance off the west coast of Africa saw its chances of strengthening into a tropical depression drop.
Forecasters said further development is unlikely as weather conditions will worsen for the disturbance on Saturday. But it is bringing gusty winds and rain to the Cape Verde Islands.
It has a 40% chance of formation in the next two to seven days, down from 50% earlier in the day.
This story was originally published October 11, 2024 at 11:19 AM.
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