Forecasters increase odds of 2 systems becoming tropical storms or depressions in Atlantic; Hurricane Genevieve roars in the Pacific
Forecasters are seeing two weather disturbances in the Atlantic Basin for possible development within the upcoming few days.
Together with peak hurricane season , the National Hurricane Center has improved the likelihood that the two disturbances will become tropical depressions or storms.
One strategy, at the eastern Caribbean Sea, has a 60% chance of growth over the next five days, forecasters said. "A tropical depression could form late this week or this weekend once it reaches the coastal Caribbean Sea," the hurricane center said.
The second system is far out in the Atlantic, about halfway between Africa and the Caribbean, also is producing a concentrated region of showers and thunderstorms. Forecasters said a tropical depression is likely to form within the following day or two, putting those chances in 70%.
It's too early to determine any possible landfall in the U.S. for either system.
The next two names on the Atlantic storm list are Laura and Marco. Should Laura form within the upcoming few days, it might shatter the early-season creation record to its "L-named" storm set by Luis on Aug. 29, 1995, AccuWeather explained.
Meanwhile, in the Pacific, Hurricane Genevieve grew rapidly into a highly dangerous Category 4 storm on Tuesday, threatening to attract tropical-storm-force winds into parts of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, even if its center wasn't very likely to strike land. Although the storm's centre is not expected to make landfall, it will still be near enough to bring strong winds and high surf into the Baja region by Wednesday or Thursday.
Genevieve will stay at Category 4 hurricane power or more into early Thursday, AccuWeather said, before weakening over cool waters to the southwest of Baja California late in the week.