Tropical depression and ‘short-lived’ tropical cyclone may form
A tropical depression is expected to form in the next day or so to the far east of the Caribbean and a “short-lived” tropical cyclone could from in the mid-Atlantic off North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center said Monday.
A tropical wave, located about 750 miles east-northeast of the far eastern Caribbean as of 2 a.m. Monday, is expected to become a tropical depression in the next couple of days, the National Hurricane Center said.
Odds of the system developing in the next two days were at 70% and 80% in the next seven days. It was producing thunderstorms, and experts said it could produce gale-force winds starting Monday.
Conditions in the next couple of days will be favorable for it to develop into a tropical depression as it moves northwest at about 15 mph, then it will turn north over the central subtropical Atlantic by late Monday or Tuesday, the center’s latest update said.
The seven-day outlook indicates it will stay over open water in the mid-Atlantic.
A trough of low pressure that emerged off the coast of Wilmington, N.C., Sunday was holding steady Monday with 30% odds of developing within the next two to seven days.
Forecasters said that it could become a “short-lived” tropical cyclone in the next couple of days as it moves farther out over the Atlantic. It is expected to merge with a frontal boundary shortly thereafter.
The next named storm would be Emily. The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
