Not 1, not 2 but 3 tropical disturbances dragging across the Atlantic Ocean | Hurricane center

Hurricane forecasters were tracking three tropical disturbances on Saturday morning moving across the Atlantic Ocean towards the United States. It is, however, too early to say whether they could pose a threat to Louisiana.

The yellow shaded areas on the graph at the top of this article show where a storm could develop, but these are not predicted tracks. The National Hurricane Center does not plot a course until a tropical depression forms or is about to form.

All three disturbances had a low chance of developing into a tropical depression within five days. The categories, in order of increasing strength, are tropical depression, tropical storm and hurricane (categories 1 to 5). Systems are named when they transform into a tropical storm. The next available name is Fred.

Here’s what the National Hurricane Center said about the tropics at:

Near the Cabo Verde Islands

A large area of ​​low pressure was located about 100 miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands, bringing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Slow development is possible over the next few days, although conditions are only marginally favorable.

It should move from west to northwest at a speed of 10 to 15 mph.

There is a 30% chance that the system will develop into at least one tropical depression within the next five days.

East Atlantic

Slow development over the eastern Atlantic is possible by the middle of next week. At 7 a.m., the system was producing light showers about 1000 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands.

It is expected to move west to southwest over the weekend, then west to northwest over the central Atlantic.

The disturbance has a 30% chance of developing into at least one tropical depression within the next five days.

West Central Atlantic

A tropical wave moving over the west-central Atlantic produces light showers. Forecasters don’t expect much development for the system as it moves west to northwest across the Lesser Antilles and the eastern Caribbean Sea next week.

The disturbance has a 10% chance of developing into at least one tropical depression within the next five days.

Name of the next storm

The next available name is Fred. Systems are named when they strengthen in tropical storms.

Tropical storms Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny and Elsa formed earlier this season. Elsa was the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic Basin season.

Claudette grew in the Gulf of Mexico and poured several inches of rain on Slidell, inundating homes and streets.

Last year there were so many storms that forecasters ran out of names and had to use the Greek alphabet. This is only the second time in recorded history that Greek names have been used.

Things have changed for this season. If necessary, forecasters will use a list of additional storm names instead of the Greek names. See the full list.

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