NHC: 2 Tropical Cyclones May Form Off Florida, Gulf of Mexico

 

MIAMI, Florida – NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, has issued a Tropical Weather Outlook at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, June 13, 2024, due to the presence of two systems that may form into tropical cyclones within the next 7 days.

The first system, dubbed Invest 90L, is an elongated area of low pressure off the coast of the southeastern U.S. coast that is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms (marked with a yellow “X”).

NHC forecasters say that, despite strong upper-level winds, some gradual development is possible while Invest 90L moves northeastward offshore of the southeastern U.S. coast during the next couple of days.

Regardless of development, heavy rainfall is expected to continue across portions of Florida during the next few days.

Invest 90L has a 20% chance of tropical cyclone formation within the next 7 days and a 20% chance within the next 48 hours.

The second system is a broad area of low pressure that is forecast to form over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico this weekend or early next week. 

NHC forecasters say that environmental conditions appear to be conducive to some slow development early next week while the system moves slowly westward or west-northwestward.

The second system has a 40% chance of tropical cyclone formation within the next 7 days and a 0% chance within the next 48 hours.

NOAA Prevailing Atlantic Hurricane Tracks June

If either of these systems develops into a tropical storm or hurricane, the next name on the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane List is Alberto.

NOAA and Colorado State University forecast an “extremely active” 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which runs from June 1 through November 30.