Weather watch: Tropical depression likely to form east of Caribbean

The National Hurricane Center, on Monday, alerted to the possible formation of a tropical depression far east of the Caribbean in the coming days.

Located roughly 700 miles east-northeast of the eastern Caribbean as of Monday at 8 a.m., the burgeoning tropical wave has high probabilities of transforming into a tropical depression within the next few days, according to the National Hurricane Center’s projections.

Estimates suggest a 70 per cent chance of the system developing in the following two days, with the likelihood increasing to 80 per cent over the next week. 

Impact of the emerging weather system

The weather system, already producing thunderstorms, has the potential to generate gale-force winds which was forecasted to begin from Monday.

The forthcoming days will present conducive conditions for its evolution into a tropical depression, with its trajectory moving northwest at approximately 15 mph. 

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The weather system was then predicted to veer northwards across the central subtropical Atlantic around late Monday or Tuesday, according to the Center.

The seven-day forecast suggests the developing weather pattern will remain over the mid-Atlantic’s open water.

Decreasing odds for system off NC

Meanwhile, a low-pressure trough that surfaced on Sunday off Wilmington, N.C.’s coast was given a mere 20 per cent chance of further development by Monday.

Early forecasts on Monday suggested the possibility of this system morphing into a “short-lived” tropical cyclone as it ventures further over the Atlantic in the following days. 

The next named storm would be Emily. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.

 

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