Tropical storm Ana continues to advance in the Atlantic Ocean: this will be its trajectory

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean It has already started and has done it again in advance.

Although this period officially begins on June 1, tropical storm Ana it was brought forward by a few days in the calendar and formed this Saturday, May 22 at sea.

According to the National Meteorological Service (SMN), in the early hours of Sunday, the center of the cyclone was located very far from the Mexican coast, at 3015 kilometers northeast of Quintana Roo and 545 kilometers northeast of the island of Bermuda, so this does not represent a danger to the Republic.

In the coming hours, the system will continue to advance across the Atlantic. It is moving northeast, at about 19 kilometers per hour, however, According to forecasts from the National Hurricane Center of Miami (NHC, for its acronym in English), this speed should increase throughout Sunday.

“Ana is moving northeast about 19 km / h and the speed of travel is expected to increase over the next day, ”the climate agency said in its report at 5:00 am Miami time.

Even if it will move faster, the trajectory indicates that Ana will gradually move away from the United States and it will not touch the earth in this land. Also, another good news is that it won’t turn into a hurricane either, for which it would need maximum sustained winds of at least 119 kilometers per hour.

“The maximum sustained winds are close to 75 km / h, with more intense streaks. A slight weakening is expected in the next 24 hours and Ana should dissipate on Monday, ”the CNH concluded.

If the weather service forecast is met, Ana’s effects will not reach the mainland and the tropical storm will be limited to moving over the sea before disappearing. The force of its winds extends within a radius of 95 kilometers from its center, and so far, no alerts or warnings have been issued in coastal areas due to the influence of the cyclone.

For the seventh consecutive year, hurricane season started early in the Atlantic Ocean. There Ana became the first tropical storm of 2021, but it won’t be the only one this year. In fact, 15 to 20 named tropical cyclones are expected.

Hurricane season 2021 in the Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1, although Ana was early and formed on May 22. According to forecasts published this week by the SMN, for this 2021 between 15 and 20 tropical cyclones are expected in this area.

* Tropical storms: between 8 and 11.

* Strong hurricanes (categories 1 and 2): 4 to 5.

* Intense hurricanes (categories 3, 4 or 5): from 3 to 4.

Total: between 15 and 20 tropical cyclones.

The figure is higher than the average recorded between 1991 and 2020 for this region, which is 14 systems.

Names for the Atlantic: Ana – already used -, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Elsa, Fred, Grace, Henru, Ida, Julian, Kate, Larry, Mindi, Nicolas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, Wanda.

Hurricane season 2021 in the Pacific Ocean

This year, the hurricane season in the Pacific has started earlier than ever. Tropical Storm Andrés formed on Sunday May 9 off the coasts of Jalisco and Michoacán, and in doing so, it broke a historic record, because never before, because there are records, a system of this magnitude has been created so early in the northeastern part. of this ocean. The previous record was set by Tropical Storm Adrián, which emerged on May 10, 2017.

In addition, Andrés also anticipated the official start of the Pacific hurricane season, which begins on May 15 each year and ends on November 30.

According to the SMN, the following systems are expected in 2021:

* Tropical storms: between 7 and 10.

* Strong hurricanes (categories 1 and 2): 3 to 5.

* Intense hurricanes (categories 3, 4 or 5): from 4 to 5.

Total: between 14 and 20 tropical cyclones.

The data are in the average collected for this ocean between 1991 and 2020, or 15 cyclones.

Names for the Northeast Pacific: Andrés -already used-, Blanca, Carlos, Dolores, Enrique, Felicia, Guillermo, Hilda, Ignacio, Jimena, Kevin, Linda, Marty, Nora, Olaf, Pamela, Rick, Sandra, Terry, Vivian, Waldo, Xina, York, Zelda.

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