Tropical Weather Activity in Atlantic Increases as Hurricane Season Enters Peak
By Space Coast Daily // September 1, 2024
hurricane season ends November 30
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – National Hurricane Center is monitoring a couple of weather systems located in the Atlantic that have a chance at developing further over the next few days.
One of the systems is located near the Lesser Antilles and Caribbean Sea where shower activity associated with a tropical wave spotted several
hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles has changed little in organization since yesterday.
The disturbance is expected to move westward and reach the Lesser Antilles on Monday, then cross the eastern Caribbean Sea on Tuesday.
Environmental conditions are forecast to become more conducive for development while the system moves across the central and western Caribbean Sea during the middle and latter parts of the week, and a tropical depression could form during that time.
Regardless of development, this system could result in some gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall over portions
of the Lesser Antilles on Monday.
Experts give a 40-percent chance of developing further in the next 7 days.
The second disturbance in the Atlantic is in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean where a tropical wave is located over western Africa and is forecast to move offshore by Monday.
Thereafter, environmental conditions could support some slow development of this system throughout the week while it moves slowly westward or west-northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Experts give a 20-percent chance of developing further in the next 7 days.
A third disturbance is in Northwestern part Gulf of Mexico that has A broad area of low pressure just offshore of the upper Texas coast continues to produce some disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity near the coasts of Texas and Louisiana and over the adjacent waters of the northwestern Gulf.
This system is expected to meander near the coast for the next couple of days, and some slow development is possible if it remains offshore.
By Tuesday, the system is forecast to move inland, and further development is not expected.
Regardless, heavy rains could cause some flash flooding across portions of coastal Louisiana and the upper Texas coast during the next couple of days.
