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Tracking the Tropics: Potential tropical system likely to form in Gulf next week, while Gordon could
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There are two different areas we are monitoring for the possibility of tropical development.
The first disturbance is in the central Atlantic and will likely become a fish storm, which means it will not impact any landmass. It includes remnants of Gordon, which was the latest tropical storm to form. A tropical depression or storm could re-form in a few days. There's a 50 percent chance for development over the next seven days, with a 20 percent over the next two days.
The second area of development possible is in the Caribbean Sea.
Right now, a slow-moving disturbance has a low chance over the next week of forming a low-pressure system over the northwestern Caribbean. There's no immediate development chance and it remains at 20 percent over the next seven days.
However, we need to watch this portion of the Caribbean closely because of something called the "Central American Gyre," which starts to become active in the late spring into the early fall.
The Central American Gyre, a large area of weak, low pressure, is active over Central America. This system can occasionally spin off more areas of compact, low pressure that can eventually become tropical storms or even hurricanes.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/weather/tropics/tropical-outlook-atlantic-caribbean/67-e4fdd879-ee49-43ba-8b43-46944c05aef3