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A large area of low pressure located over the central Caribbean Sea continues to produce “disorganized” showers and electrical storms, and in recent hours the chances of it becoming a tropical depression have increased, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) from the United States.
The system is moving west-northwestward at a speed of between 10 and 15 miles per hour (16 and 24 km/h) over the center of the Caribbean northwestern, reports the NHC.
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A hurricane hunter aircraft from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAAin English) and the US Air Force Reserve is investigating the system this Sunday, adds the observatory based in Miami (Florida).
It is possible that it rains heavily locally in portions of Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Jamaica during the next few days.
The chances of formation of an organized system are 70% in the next 48 hours and 80% in five days.
On the other hand, in the western Atlantic, a low pressure area located about 100 miles (160 km) from the Bermuda Islands has increased its activity of showers and electrical storms, while it begins to interact with a front close to this system.
“Subtropical or tropical development of this system remains unlikely”with a 10% chance of formation in five days, details the NHC.
The last cyclone in the Atlantic basin this season, which ends on November 30, was Karl, a tropical storm that hit the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico in mid-October.
Ian, the fourth hurricane of 2022, since its formation in the center of the Caribbean last September, it left a trail of destruction, especially in western Cuba and Florida, where it crossed the peninsula from west to east to reach the Atlantic.
Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida, USA, on September 28 as a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a maximum of 5, causing 119 deaths and billions of dollars in property damage. in the southern state.
After crossing the peninsula from west to east, it came out into the Atlantic and later impacted South Carolina.
Source: Elcomercio
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