Tropical wave off South America is headed for western Caribbean, NHC forecasters say – Sun Sentinel

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A tropical disturbance that formed Monday off the coast of Guyana and Suriname is expected to reach the western Caribbean late this week.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said that it will travel west along the coast of Venezuela, likely crossing the Southern Gulf of Mexico in the direction of Belize and Southern Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula.

“Environmental conditions appear conducive for slow development once the wave reaches the western Caribbean late this week,” said forecasters.

The system has a 20% chance of formation development in the next seven days.

The western Gulf of Mexico generated the 2024 season’s first tropical storm last week. Dubbed Alberto, the system made landfall in Mexico 250 miles south of the U.S. border, but sent storm surge and flood to spots 500 miles away in Louisiana.

The 2024 hurricane season, which officially began June 1, is expected to be extremely active.

In its annual May outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that the 2024 hurricane season has an 85% chance of being above normal, with 17 to 25 named storms with minimum sustained winds of 39 mph, and eight to 13 hurricanes. An average year has 14 named storms and seven hurricanes.

In addition, NOAA has forecast four to seven major hurricanes for 2024, meaning those that are Category 3 or above.

Experts at Colorado State University stated in their 2024 forecast that the U.S. East Coast, including Florida, had a 34% chance of a major hurricane making landfall this year. The average from 1880-2020 was 21%.

Forecasters say that the record-warm water temperatures that now cover much of the Atlantic Ocean will continue into peak hurricane season from August to October. That warm water fuels hurricanes. By early June, the tropical Atlantic was already as hot as it usually is in mid-August — peak hurricane season.

Hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30.

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