A still-active Caribbean could spit out a new storm in the next week, forecasters say
With one month of hurricane season to go, there’s still a chance for new storms to develop in the Caribbean in the near future.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking several tropical disturbances that could develop into storms in the next week.
One, which has been swirling south of Jamaica for days, now has a 70% chance of strengthening into a tropical depression in the next seven days and a 30% chance in the next two days. Forecasters said it is likely to form a tropical depression over the weekend or early next week as it drifts generally north and northwestward.
“Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are possible over portions of the adjacent land areas of the western Caribbean,” the hurricane center said.
The other disturbance, newly added Thursday afternoon, is a trough of low pressure near Puerto Rico. The hurricane center gave it a 10% chance of forming over the next two to seven days.
“Slow development of this system is possible during the next 2-3 days as it moves west-northwestward near the Greater Antilles. After that time, this system is expected to be absorbed into the low pressure area over the Caribbean,” forecasters said.
The hurricane center also tagged a third disturbance on Thursday afternoon — a non-tropical area of low pressure far to the north of the Atlantic.
As of 8 a.m. Friday, the hurricane center gave it a 10% shot of development in the next two to seven days.
Miami Herald staff writers Devoun Cetoute and Milena Malaver contributed to this report.
This story was originally published October 31, 2024 at 2:18 PM.
