A narrow plume of moisture may be just wide enough to foster tropical development from the south-central Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea as well as help to strengthen a tropical storm, perhaps the first hurricane of the 2024 season in the coming days. AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking two key systems, among other tropical activities,...
The tropical Atlantic is heating up with activity in a zone that is atypical for so early in the season with at least one system that may pose a threat to the Caribbean as a tropical storm or hurricane.Crew members use devices called dropwindsondes to measure aspects of the storm like temperature, dew point, relative humidity and wind direction.
Because of the high risk of tropical development, AccuWeather began referring to the system as a tropical rainstorm on Thursday to help raise public awareness of the risk to lives and property along the storm's path. Seeing such vigorous tropical activity from the wave train is rather early in the season. Storms typically do not strengthen regularly over the main hurricane development zone until mid-August or later. The period from late June through much of July is typically quiet with only one or two named systems by mid- to late July.
Depending on steering breezes, the system may push westward across Central America later next week or turn northwestward and reach the western Gulf of Mexico next weekend, where it would become a concern for the United States. For this reason, all interests in the Caribbean, Central America and the Gulf Coast of the U.S. are urged to monitor the system's progress.
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