Face of Nation : At long last, we have a lull in the Atlantic hurricane season: For the first time in several weeks, there are no named tropical storms or hurricanes anywhere in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. But forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are monitoring a tropical wave in the Caribbean that has a 20% chance of development within the next five days:
“A broad area of low pressure is centered a little more than 100 miles south of the western tip of Cuba,” the hurricane center reported Thursday. “This system is forecast to move westward across the northern portion of the Yucatan peninsula and into the Bay of Campeche during the next few days.”
“This feature has a chance of organizing, but not until next week when it gets into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico,” said Dan Kottlowski, AccuWeather’s top hurricane expert. “This feature has a chance of organizing, but not until next week when it gets into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico,” said Dan Kottlowski, AccuWeather’s top hurricane expert.
Elsewhere, in Europe, the storm that was once Hurricane Lorenzo is forecast to make a direct hit on Ireland and the United Kingdom with hurricane-force winds later Thursday and into Friday. The areas at greatest risk are expected to be across Ireland, Northern Ireland and coastal locations of southern Wales and southwestern England.
Rainfall from Storm Lorenzo (as it’s now known in Ireland), on top of recent heavy rain, also will bring a high risk for flooding across the British Isles.
Ireland and Britain are no stranger to being visited by post-tropical hurricanes, according to the Capital Weather Gang. Seven ex-hurricanes have passed near or over Ireland in the past 25 years.
