Florida may be preparing for a third hurricane after Milton And Helene swept through the coasts of the USA and devastated them. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring a developing weather system across the United States Atlantic. While the 2024 hurricane season is still ongoing, there are currently no active named storms. The next potential storm will likely be named Nadinehas yet to form but is being watched closely. The NHC has identified an area of ​​disturbed weather several hundred miles west of the Cape Verde Islands that has a 50 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical depression within the next week.
Meteorologists have not released an official forecast for the possible storm, but preliminary findings suggest it could move toward southeast Florida after passing through Puerto Rico. On Monday morning, the NHC reported that the system consisted of a “well-defined low pressure area” that was producing “disorganized showers and thunderstorms.”
“This system is currently embedded in a dry environment and is unlikely to develop in the next few days,” the NHC said. However, it is expected to move west toward warmer waters, creating more favorable conditions for storm development later in the week.
Jeff Berardelli, chief meteorologist for WFLA-TV, told Newsweek that while there are no immediate tropical threats, weather models are showing “lots of tropical waves and festering moisture for the next few weeks.”
Additionally, AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking a vortex in the western Caribbean that could develop into a stronger storm by the end of the week. A vortex is a large system of rotating ocean currents that can influence local weather patterns by concentrating moisture and energy in the atmosphere. Jeff Berardelli noted that while “the models are lukewarm on development,” the warm ocean temperatures associated with this vortex could accelerate the formation of tropical storms.