-
Weak La Niña and dry conditions likely in the Southwest this winter - 16 mins ago
-
Donald Trump Urges Women To Get ‘Fat Pig’ Husbands To Vote Early - 17 mins ago
-
How a 102-year-old woman is defying the odds as a musician, volunteer and more - 21 mins ago
-
iQOO 13 Design Revealed in Leaked Live Images; Could Feature Narrow Bezels, Flat Edges - 24 mins ago
-
NFL Week 7 picks, schedule, odds, injuries, fantasy tips - 26 mins ago
-
Bayer Leverkusen vs Frankfurt Prediction: Bundesliga - 27 mins ago
-
Edwardian doctor in Thetford was UK’s first black mayor - 31 mins ago
-
Rohit Sharma Receives Plea To Join RCB In IPL 2025 During India vs NZ Test In Bengaluru. Ex-MI Captain Did This - 45 mins ago
-
Manchester United vs Brentford Prediction: Ten Hag desperate for win - 46 mins ago
-
Pop Idol Mark Rhodes’ advice to Liam Payne on coping with fame - 48 mins ago
Hurricane Center Tracking Possible New Cyclone in Caribbean
A new tropical storm may be brewing in the Caribbean in the wake of Hurricane Milton’s dramatic intensification earlier this month.
The potential new storm is an area of low pressure off the coasts of Costa Rica and Panama, but it may strengthen to a tropical depression or even a tropical storm as it moves across the ocean.
The National Hurricane Center forecasts that the low has a 10 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours and a 20 percent chance in the next seven days.
“Tropical cyclone is the general type of storm. A tropical depression is a tropical cyclone with max winds of 38 mph or less. A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone with max winds of 39-73 mph. A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with max winds of 74 mph or higher,” Mathew Barlow, a professor of environmental, earth and atmospheric sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, told Newsweek.
This potential tropical cyclone is not likely to pose a threat to the U.S., as current forecasts predict it will turn to the northwest, skirt around Nicaragua and Honduras and head toward the coasts of Belize and Guatemala.
“Showers and thunderstorms in the southwestern Caribbean Sea are associated with a broad area of low pressure. Some gradual development is possible if the system stays over water while it moves slowly northwestward towards Central America. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is possible across portions of Central America later this week,” the NHC said.
Another possible storm appears to be building in the central Atlantic, which may have a greater chance of reaching tropical-storm strength.
“A broad area of low pressure located over the central tropical Atlantic is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This system is forecast to move generally westward to west-northwestward, and environmental conditions appear marginally conducive for gradual development during the latter part of this week,” the NHC said. “A tropical depression could form as the system moves near the Leeward and Virgin Islands late this week.”
The NHC estimated that the system had a 30 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours and a 50 percent chance of hitting tropical-cyclone strength over the next seven days.
This storm’s current forecast path shows it may be heading toward Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, though this may change in the coming days.
If either system hits tropical-storm strength, it will be named. Nadine and Oscar are the next available names for storms in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have a question about tropical storms? Let us know via science@newsweek.com.
Source link