NOAA: 2 New Tropical Cyclones May Form

 

MIAMI, Florida – NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, issued a Tropical Weather Outlook at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, due to the presence of two systems that may form into tropical cyclones within the next 7 days.

The first system (marked with a yellow "X" near South America) is a tropical wave located over the southeastern Caribbean Sea that is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms as it moves quickly westward at around 25 mph.

NHC forecasters say that environmental conditions could support some gradual development once the wave reaches the western Caribbean Sea late this week, and some development is also possible over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico during the weekend.

This system has a 20% chance of tropical cyclone formation within the next 7 days and a 10% chance within the next 48 hours.

The second system is a tropical wave centered a couple of hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands that is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.  

NHC forecasters say that some slow development of this system is possible this weekend and into early next week while it moves generally westward across the central and western tropical Atlantic at 15 to 20 mph. 

This second system has a 20% 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 Beryl.

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