The weather system has a 50 percent chance of reaching tropical cyclone strength in the coming week, increasing from 40 percent.
As the 2024 hurricane season draws to a close, one last storm might be growing in the Caribbean.The area of low pressure, located south of Cuba, currently has a 50 percent chance of reaching tropical cyclone strength in the coming seven days, according to National Hurricane Center forecasts.This is an increase from the 40 percent likelihood at which the weather system has been classified all week, having increased from 30 percent on Sunday afternoon.
If winds reach between 39 and 73 mph, it becomes a tropical storm, characterized by more intense organization, heavy rainfall, and strong winds, and is officially named.At 74 mph or more, a storm is classified as a hurricane, which are rated from Category 1 to Category 5 based on their wind speeds.If this brewing storm in the Caribbean does eventually reach tropical storm strength, it would be named Tropical Storm Patty, and would be the 16th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
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