Published 27 July 2020
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
weather update from the MET Office.
A disturbance in the Atlantic is likely to develop into a tropical depression or tropical storm this week, hurricane forecasters said Monday.
If the system strengthens into at least a tropical storm, it will be named Isaias.
As of 7 a.m. Monday, a broad area of low pressure was about 1,000 miles east of the Windward Islands, the National Hurricane Center said.
It became a little less organized overnight, forecasters said, but environmental conditions are still expected to become favorable for development in a day or two.
It has an 80% chance (high) of developing into at least a tropical depression within 48 hours and a 90% chance (high) of developing into at least a tropical depression within five days.
Forecasters said a tropical depression or tropical storm “will likely form” within the next couple of days.
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The system is expected to move west at 15 to 20 mph and could begin to affect portions of the Lesser Antilles on Wednesday.
The red-shaded area on the map shows where a storm could develop, forecasters said. It is not the storm’s track, which is usually released once a system organizes into a tropical depression.
Will it reach Louisiana?
It is too soon to tell if this system will reach the Gulf Coast, the National Weather Service in Slidell said Monday morning.
They reminded residents that it is still hurricane season and it is a good time to review your hurricane plans.
Hanna continues to weaken
Forecasters also were tracking Hanna, which has weakened into a tropical depression. It’s expected to continuing moving inland over northeast Mexico and become a remnant low Monday morning.
No other storms were expected to develop in the next 48 hours in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said.
