×
×
homepage logo
STORE

Wet weather projected as National Hurricane Center predicts first named storm

By CJ HADDAD - | Jun 2, 2022

A five-day tropical weather forecast of all disturbances being tracked by the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center is predicting a 90% chance the first named storm of the 2022 season could form Friday, eventually impacting parts of South Florida.

As of the 2 p.m. update from the NHC on Thursday, forecasters stated there is a low pressure system near the Yucatan Peninsula and Southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

The update stated that the system “continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and Yucatan Peninsula. Despite strong upper-level winds, this system is likely to become a tropical depression or tropical storm while it moves slowly northeastward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico during the next day or two.”

The update continued to state those in western Cuba, the Florida Keys, the Florida Peninsula, and the northwestern Bahamas should monitor the progress of this system, and tropical storm watches or warnings will likely be required for some of these areas later today.

“Regardless of development, areas of heavy rainfall are likely across portions of the Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba during the next day or so, spreading across southern and central Florida and the Florida Keys Friday and Friday night, and the northwestern Bahamas on Saturday,” the update stated. “These heavy rains could cause scattered to numerous flash floods across South Florida and the Florida Keys.”

If the system were to reach the intensity levels needed to become a named storm (any organized weather system with a defined surface circulation and maximum sustained winds of not less than 39 miles per hour), it would be called Alex.

Updates can be found at www.nhc.noaa.gov.

–Connect with this reporter on Twitter: @haddad_cj