It is unusual that a storm has formed so far in the north. But with "water temperatures above 3 to 4 (above average) to average in the North Atlantic, it's no wonder that there is enough fuel for this storm, "said CNN meteorologist Chad Myers.
While Chantal is
just the third named storm of the 2019 hurricane season – and below-normal tropical activity is expected over the next two weeks – most forecasters expect activity to pick up on the eve of the season's September, said CNN meteorologist Judson Jones. Conditions for tropical storms become more favorable over the course of about eight weeks around this date.
With maximum sustained winds of 65 km / h (40 mph), Chantal is approximately 830 km south of Cape Race, Newfoundland. "It is expected that Chantal will become a tropical depression (Thursday) and a minimum remaining by Friday," forecasters said. "Given the current appearance of the system, losses of dissipation and dissipation of tropical cyclones should occur much earlier than expected."
Chantal's training follows a slow hurricane season so far, tweeted Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University, specializing in seasonal hurricane forecasts for the Atlantic.
"The Atlantic has gone from July 15 to August 19 with 0 named storm – the first hurricane season since 1982," he wrote, noting that Chantal had formed further north than any other tropical storm since the 1980s.
Overall, hurricane season activity in the Atlantic is expected to be above normal this year, with 10 to 17 named storms, including 5 to 9 hurricanes, predicted by the Oceanic Agency's Climate Prediction Center. and national atmospheric this month. Two to four of these hurricanes are expected to be category 3 or higher, with winds above 110 mph, experts said.
An average season has 12 named storms, with six hurricanes, including three major force hurricanes of category 3 or higher. Last year, the Atlantic hurricane season was above average, hurricanes Florence and Michael hitting the US coast with devastating effects.
Although the hurricane center predicted two named storms, one of which, on August 1, only Barry, a Category 1 storm that hit Louisiana in July, has landed so far this season in the United States .
With the prospect of stormy days ahead, the time has come to get ready and start by reviewing a useful hurricane checklist.
