A new weather system is brewing in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center has announced, with potential development into a cyclone or subtropical cyclone by midweek.
According to N.H.C.’s 1:00 p.m. report, showers activity of the system has increased and become a little better organized today in association with a tropical wave located about 350 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions are forecast to gradually become more conducive for development by Tuesday, and a tropical or subtropical cyclone is expected to form by the middle of the week.
N.H.C. said the system will move westward to west-northwestward for the next few days, passing near or north of the Leeward Islands, which includes the U.S. Virgin Islands. It will also pass near or north of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and the southeastern Bahamas. Formation chance through the next five days is 70 percent.
The Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency said in a release today that it’s monitoring the system.
Tags: us virgin islands, usvi, weather system
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