After a slow start at the beginning of the month, this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season has now taken off with a swarm of activity and the possibility of the first named hurricane of the season forming and affecting the eastern Caribbean and then Central America.

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Active Systems:

1.  The National Hurricane Center (NOAA) has issued an advisory for “Potential Tropical Cyclone Two”, located over Colombia’s Guajira Peninsula with a 90 per cent chance of it becoming a hurricane in the next five days.
2. An area of low pressure located over the western Gulf of Mexico is forecast to move slowly westward and approach the coast of southern Texas and northern Mexico. The NHC said it could still become a short-lived tropical depression near the coast before turning northwestward and moving inland over Texas. Regardless of development, heavy rain will be possible along portions of the Texas coast for the next few days.
3. A tropical wave located over the western tropical Atlantic continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. The NHC says this system is unlikely to develop further as it moves west-northwestward for the next several days, moving over the Windward Islands late Friday or early Saturday and then over the eastern Caribbean Sea by the weekend.

The Washington Post is reporting that while the three tropical disturbances are all in varying stages of development, it’s possible that the first Atlantic hurricane of 2022 will form by the end of the week.

Tropical storm warnings have been issued ahead of “Potential Tropical Cyclone Two,” for Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Grenada and its dependencies and watches have been issued for coastal stretches of Venezuela and Bonaire.

Atmospheric scientists and hurricane experts have already predicted 2022 to be an unusually active season which would be the seventh busy season in a row.

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Related News:

• National Hurricane Centre Tropical Weather Outlook
• Hurricane Watch Issued as System Eyes Central America (Fox Weather)
• Tropical Wave Could Become Tropical Storm Bonnie (Washington Post)
• Atlantic Hurricane Season 2022 – Above Normal Season Predicted (Noonsite)

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Related Links

• National Hurricane Center