On “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning, Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore discussed the weather developments that they are watching.
“There are two systems that we’re watching out there,” he said. “One’s going to go to the Yucatan throughout the week and it is got a mid chance of developing. And then there’s one coming off the coast of Africa.”
He added, “We did have a little area of disturbance over toward the Texas coast, and I think that’s going to bring us our rain later on this week.”
- September is the height of hurricane season.
NOAA Hurricane Center
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Tue Sep 3 2024
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Caribbean Sea:
A tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms
over Hispaniola and portions of the central Caribbean Sea.
This system is expected to move westward, and a tropical depression
could form when it reaches the western Caribbean Sea and the
southwestern Gulf of Mexico late this week or over the weekend.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…40 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean:
A tropical wave over the far eastern Atlantic is producing
disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions
are forecast to become a little more conducive for development, and
a tropical depression could form later this week while the
disturbance moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward over
the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. This system could produce
locally heavy rains and gusty winds across portions of the Cabo
Verde Islands in a day or two.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…40 percent.
3. Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean:
Another tropical wave located about midway between the west coast
of Africa and the Lesser Antilles is producing disorganized showers
and thunderstorms. Some slow development is possible during the
next couple of days while the system moves west-northwestward. By
the end of the week, however, environmental conditions are expected
to become unfavorable for additional development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…10 percent.
Forecaster Cangialosi/R. Zelinsky